A husband and wife were found dead with gunshot wounds at their home in a quiet Long Island town, and police believe the incident may have been a murder-suicide.

An enraged husband shot his longtime wife dead and then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Long Island Thursday morning, police said.

In a statement Thursday afternoon, police said William Clifford "apparently shot his wife" before turning the gun on himself.

An enraged husband shot his longtime wife dead and then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Long Island Thursday morning, police said. Cops found William Clifford, 73, with a gunshot wound to the head on his front lawn and a gun lying at his feet in Islip around 6:30 a.