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Welfare check finds son, mother dead in apparent murder-suicide

<i>KCTV</i><br/>A mother and son are dead in Olathe after an apparent murder-suicide Thursday afternoon (file image).
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A mother and son are dead in Olathe after an apparent murder-suicide Thursday afternoon (file image).

By KCTV Staff

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    OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — A mother and son are dead in Olathe after an apparent murder-suicide Thursday afternoon.

Olathe Police said officers responding to a welfare check at approximately 4:20 p.m. Thursday found a 36-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound and his mother, a 70-year-old woman, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The two were living at a home in the 13100 block of South Brougham Drive.

Police said there are no outstanding subjects in the incident.

The case remains under investigation by OPD.

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