Red Bank investigators believe a 76-year-old woman shot her 39-year-old boyfriend before turning the gun on herself early Friday morning.
It’s the first homicide in Red Bank since 2006, Police Chief Tim Christol said.
Police said Rosemary R. Dehlin’s daughter called police to say her mother was having suicidal thoughts. Patrol officers arrived about 3:15 a.m. at Dehlin’s residence at the Normandy Apartments, 3501 Dayton Blvd., Christol said.
As the officers walked up, they heard a gunshot and called for the SWAT team, he said. Investigators entered the downstairs apartment to find Dehlin and 39-year-old Gary Hines, of Tunnel Hill, Ga., dead in the bedroom, Christol said.
“We are working on the assumption right now that she had already shot and killed Mr. Hines upon the officers’ arrival. We’re assuming the gunshot they heard was self-inflicted,” he said.