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RAYNHAM, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Massachusetts State Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that happened in Raynham early Tuesday morning.
Just after 2 a.m., Raynham Police received two 911 calls reporting a shooting. The calls were made from a woman who had been shot and another person living in the home at 80 Ruth Ellen Road.
When police arrived, they found the woman and a man they believe to be the shooter, dead in the woman's bedroom, officials said.
The woman victim was identified as 30-year-old Tatiana Tavares of Raynham. The apparent shooter has been identified as 43-year-old Scott Swale of Easton.
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Police said the two "had been engaged in a hostile year-long on-again, off-again relationship."
Police believe Swale took his own life after shooting Tavares.
Swale allegedly forced his way into the home by shattering a sliding glass door before walking upstairs to Tavares's room. He then shot her in the chest while she was lying on the bed before fatally shooting himself, a preliminary investigation revealed.
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