Bill Dowling & Vicky -another UK MoD related 'suicide'

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Retired police officer and his partner found shot dead at home in suspected murder suicide
Police were called to the house on the Moonrakers estate in Devizes
Body of former police inspector Bill Dowling and his partner were found
Both victims appeared to have sustained gunshot wounds
Wiltshire Police said the news will 'shock the community'
By Becky Evans
PUBLISHED: 08:33, 3 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:40, 3 March 2013
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287304/Devizes-shooting-Retir ed-police-officer-partner-shot-dead-home-suspected-murder-suicide.html
The bodies of a retired police inspector and a woman have been found shot dead at a house.
Neighbours have named the dead man as Bill Dowling, who used to work for Wiltshire Police, and his partner Vicky.
Officers from the same force were called to the home on the Moonrakers housing estate in Devizes, Wiltshire, at 11am yesterday.
Police were called to the house on the Moonrakers housing estate in Devizes on Saturday morning
The couple both suffered apparent gunshot wounds in a suspected murder-suicide.
Cordons have been placed around the house today and the deaths are being investigated by the force's major crime unit.
Wiltshire Police said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
Mr Dowling, 59, is believed to have retired from the police force in the last five years and neighbours said he had recently returned from a month-long holiday to Australia.
Another neighbour, who had known the Dowling family for nearly 20 years, described them as a 'charming, nice guy' and his 'nice, attractive' wife.
A post-mortem examination is still to take place, but a spokesman said that both victims appeared to have sustained gunshot wounds.
Michael Bodman, a retired carpenter who had known Mr Dowling for about 19 years, said: 'I was really dumbfounded. It's a real shock to think what has happened to the pair of them.
'He was a charming guy, he really was a nice guy.'
According to the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald, after leaving the force Mr Dowling worked for the Ministry of Defence at Tidworth.
He was a former inspector at Devizes, Marlborough and Trowbridge and had two sons.
Laura Beglin, who saw the house after the deaths, wrote on Twitter said: 'What I saw today will stay in my mind forever!'
She said she saw blood on the front door of the house.
Chief Inspector Mark Sellers said today: ‘News of these tragic deaths will have been a shock to the community and our thoughts are with the families and friends of the two people involved.
'I would like to reiterate that this is an isolated incident and reassure members of the community that Devizes is a safe place.'
A spokesman for South Western Ambulance Service confirmed that they were called to the scene as part of the emergency response but were not required.
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