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WHEELING, Ill. - An investigation was launched after a couple was found dead inside their home Thursday evening in suburban Wheeling.
A person told police they found two dead bodies after going to check on the residents around 5:42 p.m. at a home in the 300 block of 12th Street.
The Cook County medical examiner's office identified the victims as 44-year-old Russell O'Connor and 46-year-old Marisa Dister. Wheeling police said the couple had been in a "strained domestic relationship."
A gun was found at the scene near their bodies, police said.
Wheeling police said there is no threat to the public.
No further information was provided.