Kentucky State Police Post 15 is conducting a death investigation in nearby Metcalfe County.
State Police say they were called to a residence on Shady Grove Wickerville Road near the Metcalfe-Hart County line just after 9:30 Wednesday morning. The preliminary investigation found a female identified as Doris June Huffman, 83, of Hardyville, deceased inside the residence from an apparent gunshot wound.
Her husband, 87-year-old Vander Huffman, was also located inside the residence, with life-threatening injuries sustained from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to state police. He was transported to TJ Samson Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries later that afternoon.
Kentucky State Police Detective Mike Dubree is conducting the investigation.
