{"id":14836,"date":"2019-06-11T12:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T16:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=14836"},"modified":"2019-06-11T12:22:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T16:22:36","slug":"possible-murder-suicide-under-investigation-in-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2019\/06\/possible-murder-suicide-under-investigation-in-brick\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Murder-Suicide Under Investigation in Brick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1669\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png\" alt=\"Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)\" width=\"756\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png 756w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-400x280.png 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-600x421.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Detectives are investigating a possible murder-suicide in Brick after an elderly couple was found dead in their home.<\/p>\n<p>The Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office said in a statement that Brick police on Monday were dispatched to a residence on Club House Road to conduct a welfare check on the residents there. Upon entering the home police found an 80-year-old woman and a 79-year-old man inside the residence. Both had sustained a single gunshot wound and were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>There was a large swath of police activity centered on 165 Club House Drive Tuesday morning. The \u201cearly stages of the investigation\u201d have revealed that the man shot his wife before taking his own life, said prosecutor\u2019s office spokesman Bryan Huntenberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crime scene has been contained and there is no danger to the public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ocean County tax records show 165 Club House Drive is owned by Richard and Alma Shaver, 79 and 80, respectively.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2019\/06\/possible-murder-suicide-under-investigation-in-brick\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives are investigating a possible murder-suicide in Brick after an elderly couple was found dead in their home. The Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office said in a statement that Brick police on Monday were dispatched to a residence on Club House Road to conduct a welfare check on the residents there. 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