Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Pembroke Pines.

According to BSO investigators, at approximately 7:12 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, officers with the Pembroke Pines Police Department and paramedics with the Pembroke Pines Fire Department responded to a 911 call regarding two people found unresponsive in the 8300 block of Pine Drive. When emergency crews arrived on scene, they located John Baker, a retired PPPD sergeant, and his wife, Joanne Baker, both deceased.

Following the discovery, detectives with BSO’s Homicide and Crime Scene units were contacted by PPPD and requested to conduct the death investigation.

The preliminary investigation has revealed that Joanne shot and killed John, before turning the gun on herself. The official cause and manner of death will be determined by the Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The investigation remains ongoing.