{"id":742268,"date":"2026-04-21T04:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/742268\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T04:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:05:13","slug":"glendale-police-identify-boyfriend-girlfriend-killed-in-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/742268\/","title":{"rendered":"Glendale police identify boyfriend, girlfriend killed in murder-suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLENDALE, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Glendale police identified the victim and suspect in a murder-suicide at an apartment complex that happened Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Jason Magaard, 54, shot his girlfriend, Tanya Rickman, 52, before he turned the gun on himself at the Laguna at Arrowhead Ranch apartments on 75th Avenue, just north of the Loop 101 freeway<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police said Rickman\u2019s son found the couple in their bedroom around 8:30 a.m. and called 911.<\/p>\n

Police said the couple was dating and living together.<\/p>\n

No other information was released.<\/p>\n

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