Deputies respond to murder-suicide

Whitman County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday morning responded to a report of a shooting in Hay after a woman called 911 and said she shot her husband because of his health complications. The call came in shortly after 7 a.m., and when deputies arrived on the scene, a man and woman were found to be deceased.

Dennis L. Moore, 66, is reported to have died from a single gunshot wound to the head from a small caliber gun, while Janice K. Moore, 63, is reported to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head from a small caliber firearm, according to the report from Sheriff Brett Myers.

She...