MAPLETON, Minn. - Deputies in Blue Earth County are investigating what they say appears to be a murder-suicide.
According to the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a domestic altercation in rural Mapleton Friday evening at about 9 p.m. While they were on their way, a man came on the phone and told dispatch that he had fatally shot his wife, and planned to shoot himself, according to the sheriff's office.
Authorities say when deputies arrived, they found the 57-year-old man and the 49-year-old woman deceased from apparent gunshot wounds inside the home.
The shooting is being investigated by the Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office and the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office.
