YCSO RESPONDS TO POSSIBLE MURDER/SUICIDE IN ASHFORK

AT APPROXIMATELY 9 A.M. FRIDAY MORNING, YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A CALL IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY DEAD AT THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE IN ASHFORK.

DEPUTIES ARRIVED, SECURED THE SCENE, AND CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE. IT APPEARED THE SUSPECT, 58-YEAR-OLD RICHARD PROCTOR SHOT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, 44-YEAR-OLD JESSICA PROCTOR, BEFORE KILLING HIMSELF. 

REPORTS SAY THERE WERE MULTIPLE WITNESSES TO THE SHOOTING. 

THE VICTIM WAS THE MANAGER OF THE FAMILY DOLLAR. YCSO CRIMINAL DETECTIVES ARE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION.  NO FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.