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CHARLOTTE, NC — Deputies trying to evict an elderly couple from their South Charlotte apartment uncovered a murder-suicide instead.
Police say 70-year-old Edward Rosner shot and killed his 68-year-old wife Prudence Rosner and then turned the gun on himself. Β
Beverly Fullam has lived at the Providence Place Apartments for a year and says there are several elderly couples who live there.
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“There are some around me who don’t drive anymore, and I always go and see if they need anything from the grocery store, anything I can do to help,” said Fullam. “I just wish they would have reached out. I really do.”
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Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Deputies say they were serving an eviction notice to the couple when they found the husband shot dead. His wife was still alive with a gunshot wound, but she died at the hospital.
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“I can’t even imagine if something happens to my neighbor or to family,” said Pavithra Sudevan. “I couldn’t even imagine that.”
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Police won’t say whether the husband or wife fired the shots that killed them.Β
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Now neighbors wonder what prompted the murder-suicide.
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“I’m dealing with elderly, my mother now, and my dad just passed away,” said Fullam. “It just brings up a lot of bad feelings.”
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Police are asking for the public’s assistance in developing information in this case. Anyone with information is asked to call 704-432-TIPS.
