Police in Coryell County are investigating after two people were discovered dead with gunshot wounds Thursday morning near Gatesville.

Coryell County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 1000 block of FM 107 2 miles east of Gatesville around 9:15 AM. The first deputy on the scene found a man dead of a gunshot wound to the head and called for backup. The deputy then searched the home and found a woman also dead from a gunshot wound.

According to our news partner KWTX, the deaths are being investigated as homicides. Autopsies have been ordered on the bodies, and Texas Rangers will assist in the investigation.

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