KENNEWICK — Authorities say two Pasco teachers are dead after a murder-suicide inside a Kennewick home.
The Tri-City Herald reports that investigators believe 37-year-old Dustin Altshuler — who had just been charged with groping a female taxi driver — shot and killed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Laura Cole, on Wednesday before killing himself.
Both taught in the Pasco School District. Altshuler taught high school computer-assisted drafting and robotics. Cole taught special education at Whittier Elementary.
The district said in a written statement Thursday morning that counselors would be on hand to support students and staff who knew them.
