2 people dead in Hanford, suspect told 911 he shot his wife, police say

HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Police successful Hanford are investigating what they judge is simply a murder-suicide aft two radical were found changeable to decease successful their location successful Hanford connected Sunday. 

Officers said 64-year-old Roger Hedrick and his woman 62-year-old Teresa Bennett Hedrick, were recovered dormant successful their location connected East Magnolia Street connected Sunday morning. 

Hanford Police Lieutenant Justin Vallin said, they became alert of the concern connected Sunday astir 8:40 a.m. erstwhile a antheral called 911 and told them astir a combat helium had with his wife. 

Valin described what Hedrick told the 911 dispatcher.

"He told our dispatch halfway that helium and his woman were progressive successful a disturbance and that during the disturbance, she had came aft him with a firearm," Vallin said. "He, successful turn, changeable her successful the caput and said that helium would beryllium gone by the clip constabulary arrived and that helium was leaving the beforehand doorway unlocked."

He said, helium past provided much details, similar his sanction and address. 

"Our dispatch halfway confirmed to him precisely what helium said. He acknowledged it arsenic good arsenic spelled his sanction for us," Vallin added. 

Vallin said, conscionable similar Hedrick promised, the beforehand doorway was unlocked. However, once they got inside, officers recovered Hedrick and his woman Teresa, some dormant successful their bedroom. He said some were changeable successful the head. 

Vallin said thing other successful the location was disturbed, and officers recovered 2 handguns adjacent their bodies successful their bedroom. 

Vallin says detectives are trying to get hunt warrants for their phones, successful the hopes of learning much astir their narration starring up to Sunday.  As of now, helium said determination was nary past of home unit betwixt the couple, nary anterior transgression past and officers had ne'er been called retired to their location before.  

And portion the probe continues, Vallin said helium can't accent however important Hedrick's 911 telephone is to detectives. He said nary 1 other successful the vicinity called the constabulary to study that shots were fired. 

"If the idiosyncratic wouldn't person called, it could person been days, weeks earlier anybody went by the residence to find them. And we would person ne'er known what happened. But that telephone was benignant of crucial. The individual, similar I said, did spell his sanction retired to us, gave america his nonstop address, told america what helium had did, arsenic good arsenic told america helium was leaving the beforehand doorway open." 

Police are present waiting connected toxicology and autopsy reports.