PONCHATOULA - Police here spent Friday investigating a suspected attempted murder-suicide.

Police said Jamey Edwards, 41, shot his wife before shooting himself inside their home on East I-55 Service Road. The woman, Crystal Hope Moore, survived the shooting. Jamey Edwards died, police told the Hammond newspaper, Daily Star.

Investigators said the couple's 21-year-old daughter made the discovery around 9:17 a.m. Friday. The shooting happened a few hours after a similar one in Baton Rouge.

Police said the woman is in critical condition at a Hammond hospital.

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