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Man kills wife, self at Washington medical complex

Sara Lavigne, right, and her mother, cancer patient Jana Lavigne, leave Deaconess Health and Education Center after witnessing a shooting in the Rockwood Cancer Treatment Center, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Spokane, Wash. Police say a gunman fatally shot his wife Tuesday morning before turning the weapon on himself at a downtown Spokane medical center. Spokane police said a man went to his wife's workplace in the Deaconess Medical Center complex and opened fire. Police said no one else was injured in the shooting. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany)
Sara Lavigne, right, and her mother, cancer patient Jana Lavigne, leave Deaconess Health and Education Center after witnessing a shooting in the Rockwood Cancer Treatment Center, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Spokane, Wash. Police say a gunman fatally shot his wife Tuesday morning before turning the weapon on himself at a downtown Spokane medical center. Spokane police said a man went to his wife's workplace in the Deaconess Medical Center complex and opened fire. Police said no one else was injured in the shooting. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany)

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Police in Washington state say a gunman fatally shot his wife Tuesday morning before turning the weapon on himself at a downtown Spokane medical center.

Spokane police said the man went to his wife’s workplace in the Deaconess Medical Center complex and opened fire.

No one else was injured in the shooting, authorities said.

“This is an apparent domestic violence incident,” Spokane police spokeswoman Monique Cotton said.

Identities and other details were not immediately available. KHQ-TV reported that the couple had two children, who were found safe.