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2 Found Dead Identified In Murder-Suicide

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) - The Arapahoe County Coroner has identified the two men found dead in a home in Centennial on Wednesday as those involved in a murder-suicide.

Deputies in Arapahoe County rushed to the 5900 block of South Cherrywood Circle just after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The coroner released the names on Thursday afternoon as James Hugh Hofmann, victim of homicide by a gunshot wound to the head and Ian Jan Hofmann, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Centennial Shooting
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It is unclear what led up to the shootings.

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