ATLANTA — An Alpharetta man is dead after police said he traveled to the Chicago area, shot his estranged wife and then turned the gun on himself.
According to a police report, investigators were called to Sania Khan’s home in Streeterville on Monday after Alpharetta police requested a welfare check.
Khan’s estranged husband Raheel Ahmed had been reported missing from his Alpharetta home.
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“An officer from Alpharetta told Chicago police that Ahmed and his wife, 29-year-old Sania Khan, were ‘going through a divorce,’ according to the reports. He was depressed and traveled here ‘to salvage the marriage,’” the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Police said that when they knocked on the door, they heard a gunshot and someone groan. Once they were able to get into the home, investigators said they found Khan unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head. Ahmed was found in a bedroom, also with a gunshot wound to the head.
Investigator said they found a note nearby.
The medical examiner ruled Khan’s death a homicide and Ahmed’s death a suicide.
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