Man shot woman dead in a Fort Worth living room, then killed himself, authorities say
A man earlier this month shot his wife to death before he killed himself in the same way in the northwest Fort Worth house where they lived, according to police and public records.
Marcus Ray, 64, shot himself in the head after shooting Judy Ray, 63, in the head, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. They died in their living room.
Police on Aug. 7 found the Rays’ bodies inside their house in the 4900 block of Mill Creek Trail.
A neighbor had earlier looked through a front door window and saw the house’s residents inside, unresponsive, Officer Daniel Segura, a Fort Worth Police Department spokesman, said.
Police entered the house and found two people who were obviously dead and appeared to have been shot, Segura said.
Segura said he did not know the relationship between the people. The Rays were married, according to a 2015 filing in United States Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Texas.
Police described the circumstances of the deaths on Wednesday after the Fort Worth Star-Telegram asked about them on Aug. 13.
This story was originally published August 19, 2021 at 7:51 PM.
