TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Tuscarawas County Sheriff said a husband and a wife died in a murder-suicide Sunday afternoon in Dover Township.

According to Sheriff Orvis Campbell, Robert Houston, 64, fatally shot April Houston, 53, before turning the gun on himself.

The shooting happened around 1:30 p.m. Sunday inside a home in the 2000 block of Gordon Rd., while the couple was getting ready for a graduation party.

The party was scheduled to begin shortly about a 100 yards away from the home on the property, said Sheriff Campbell.

The graduate lives at the home, but was not there when shots were fired.

Another person inside the home heard the shots and called 911, said Sheriff Campbell.

When deputies arrived, Sheriff Campbell said the couple was found dead inside a bedroom, wi

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