Chattanooga police have identified two bodies found in a home in Hixson Friday.
In a news release, police said evidence suggests 44-year-old Marcus I. Slattery shot and killed his girlfriend, 58-year-old Deborah W. Steele. Then police believe he shot and killed their dog and himself.
Their bodies were taken to the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.
Police originally responded to the house at 3040 Stage Run Drive around 4 p.m. Friday after a request for a well-being check.
The house is in the Old Stage Run neighborhood off Cassandra Smith Road.