DES MOINES, Iowa — Police are investigating after bodies of a man and woman were found inside a home on Des Moines' south side Wednesday afternoon.
Just after 1:00 p.m. Wednesday a child called 911 reporting his mom had been injured at a home in the 1700 block of East Diehl Avenue, police said.
When first responders arrived, they found a man and a woman dead inside the home. They said there was evidence of traumatic injury on both bodies.
27-year-old Miranda Arlene Stierwalt and 33-year-old Daniel Francis Dooley have been identified as the deceased individuals. The two lived together in the home, according to police.
"The preliminary investigation and examination of evidence indicates that Dooley shot and killed Stierwalt and then shot and killed himself," Des Moines police said in a release. "The child was not inside the home when this occurred."
The investigation is ongoing.
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