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Deaths of McMinnville son, father ruled murder-suicide

02:19 PM PDT on Monday, July 6, 2009

By Kgw.com and AP Staff

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. -- A 22-year-old McMinnville man shot his father in the head before turning the gun on himself over the Fourth of July weekend, according to a medical examiner's ruling.

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The bodies of Thomas Marshall, 58, and his son Sean, 22, were found in an apartment on July 4.

Sean Marshall was a 2005 McMinnville High School graduate described as an avid skateboarder and musician. His father would have turned 59 Monday. Police told the McMinnville News-Register both lived in the apartment.

"The apparent firearm used in this incident and other evidence found in the apartment support the medical analysis," police said in a prepared statement.

Anyone with information related to the shooting was asked to call Detective Sherry McCuistion at 503-434-7307.

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