Crime

One man dead, a woman ‘seriously injured’ after shooting in Eagle on Thursday morning

Eagle Police and the Ada County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting in Eagle on Thursday morning.
Eagle Police and the Ada County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting in Eagle on Thursday morning.

A 46-year-old man died and an adult woman was “seriously injured” after a shooting occurred in Eagle early Thursday morning, according to the Ada County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office said in a news release that the shooting occurred shortly after midnight inside a home in the Banbury subdivision near Chinden Boulevard and Locust Grove Road in south Eagle. Upon arriving at the house, Eagle police officers found the man deceased and the woman with what appeared to be “life-threatening injuries.”

The individuals were known to each other, according to the release, and the sheriff’s office is describing the incident as an attempted murder-suicide.

No one else was injured in the incident, and there is no active threat to the community, according to the sheriff’s office.

This story was originally published May 4, 2023 at 10:52 AM.

Shaun Goodwin
Idaho Statesman
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