An apparent murder-suicide has taken the lives of a South Jersey husband and wife.

The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement a  67-year-old man called police around 8:15 a.m. on Saturday morning about a shooting at a home on Idlewood Way in the Heritage age-restricted community in Deptford Township.

Police found both the man and his 72-year-old wife wounded upon their arrival. The two were taken to separate hospitals where they were pronounced dead, the prosecutor's office said.

Authorities have not yet released their identities or offered details about what led to the shooting.

The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and the Deptford Township Police Department are investigating the incident.

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