A Bangladeshi national has allegedly committed suicide after shooting his wife to death in the United States.
The incident took place at around 11:00 pm Bangladesh Time at Loven city of Arizona, a national daily reported citing neighbor of the man.
A 43-year-old woman named Syeda Sohaly Akter called officers after getting into an argument with her husband Abul Ahsan Habib, 52, whom she wanted to leave the home near 40th Avenue and Baseline Road, reports ABC15.
The Phoenix police department is investigating the incident.
After receiving Akter’s phone call, a police dispatch went to check up on her and found that the husband had left the home before the officers arrived, the police department said.
The report added that the officers arrived on the scene at 9:26am (local time) and gave Akter and adult son information on how to get an order of protection and then left about 10-15 minutes later.
ABC15 further mentioned that Habib then returned to the home, and Akter once again called the police at about 9:51am.
While the officers were on the phone with her, they heard gunshots. When they went back to the home, they found both the woman and the husband with fatal gunshot wounds and a gun was recovered at the scene, the Phoenix police department said.
The police officials believed that Habib entered the home after the adult son left the house to run an errand for about five minutes.
The man reportedly shot Akter, and turned the gun on himself, the report added.
Police will be on scene for the next several hours as they continue to investigate the matter, the report concluded.
The deceased were identified as Abul Ahsan Habib, 52, and his wife Sayed Soheli Akter, 42. They, hailing from Magura Sadar Upazila of Bangladesh, went to the United States eight years ago.
It has been reported that Soheli was running a parlor while Ahsan worked at a shop.❐
