Jefferson Parish detectives are on the scene of what they say appears to be a murder suicide in Metairie. 

Two people are dead in a home on Danny Park off of Cleary near I-10. 

One of the victims is a man, the other a woman. 

Cops say they found the gun next to the woman.

"This has all the earmarks of a murder-suicide where she shot her husband first and then turned the gun on herself,"  Col. John Fortunato said. 

Later in a news release he stated, "Around 5:05 AM, our 911 Center received a call from a female (identified as Penelope D. Springer, W/F, 61) at 2301 Danny Park in Metairie advising she shot her husband."

He says police first found the dead husband.

"Upon making entry, the body of a male subject (identified as Albert E. Springer W/M, 61) was discovered in the front bathroom.  He sustained a single gunshot wound to the head.  Upon continuing a search of the residence our officers discovered a female in the rear bathroom.  She also sustained a single gunshot wound."