UPDATE:
The following was issued on Tuesday:
The DeKalb County Coroner’s Office has identified the deceased in yesterday’s shooting incident as Heather Lynn Harmon, 35, of Auburn, and Edward James Conboy, 37, Edon, Ohio (formerly residing in Garrett, Indiana). Family for both Harmon and Conboy have been notified.
The preliminary investigation has revealed that Harmon and Conboy had been involved in a past relationship. Yesterday’s incident on Griswold Court began with Conboy forcing his way into Harmon’s vehicle at gunpoint. During that forced entry, shots were fired by Conboy, which is what generated the 911 call to the Auburn Police. Detectives believe that Harmon (as the driver) was refusing to stop for police based on coercion. At the conclusion of the vehicle pursuit Conboy shot Harmon and then turned the gun on himself.
This remains an active investigation.
ORIGINAL STORY:
AUBURN, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana State Police calling an early morning shooting yesterday a murder-suicide.
Officers found the bodies of a man and a woman inside a car that sped away from a house in Auburn where neighbors heard shots. Once police were able to stop the car, another shot was heard inside the car.
Investigators say the man was found dead in the backseat. And the woman was found behind the wheel. It looks like she shot herself.
No one is offering any other information in the case, including a motive.
ISP officials released the following:
The Indiana State Police is investigating a morning shooting incident in DeKalb County that has claimed the lives of two DeKalb County residents.
At approximately 8:40am officers from the Auburn Police Department responded to a residence in the 800 block of Griswold Court to investigate a report of shots fired. As Auburn PD officers arrived- a black passenger vehicle was leaving the area. Auburn police attempted to initiate a traffic stop with that vehicle, but the driver fled.
Officers from Auburn PD, DeKalb County SD, and the Indiana State Police became involved in the ensuing vehicle pursuit. The pursuit ran southeast of Auburn on CR46A and ended up northbound on CR51. Officers were able to successfully employ a tire deflation device on CR51 at State Road 8. The suspect vehicle continued fleeing at slow speeds north on CR51. Nearing CR40, officers reported shots being fired from within the suspect vehicle. The suspect vehicle came to a stop on CR51 south CR40.
When officers approached the vehicle, they found two injured occupants. There was an unresponsive adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound in the rear seat, and then an adult female driver who was also suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Officers secured the scene and began medical aid on the female driver until EMS personnel arrived and took over, however all life saving measures were unsuccessful. Both the male and the female were pronounced dead at the scene.
No officers were injured during this incident, and no shots were fired by officers. No persons were found to be injured at the Griswold Court residence where the incident began.
The Indiana State Police is the lead investigating agency. Preliminarily, detectives believe this this was a domestic related situation that resulted in a murder/suicide. However, detectives are still gathering facts as to what took place at the Griswold Court residence prior to the vehicle pursuit, and the relationship between the two deceased.
Investigators are working with the DeKalb County Coroner’s office to confirm identities and to make the necessary family notifications.
Once identifications have been confirmed and family notifications made, an update to this release will follow.
This is an ongoing and active criminal investigation.
