On the night of November 6, 2018, 73-year-old Charlotte J. Weaver was found dead inside her apartment in the Alpine Village community of La Vista, Nebraska. Sarpy County dispatch received a 911 call about 11:15 p.m. from Charlotte’s husband, Herman J. Weaver, who told the operator he had just shot his wife and intended to kill himself; a sound believed to be a gunshot was heard on the open line.

Officers arriving at the Plaza Boulevard residence found Charlotte deceased and Herman wounded by a chest gunshot. He was taken to Bergan Mercy Hospital but died shortly after arrival. The La Vista Police Department investigated the incident as a murder-suicide with Herman identified as the sole suspect. Autopsies were scheduled to determine official causes of death.

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