A man and a woman found dead outside their Norfolk home were council leader Keith Johnson and his wife Andrea, according to reports.
Mr Johnson, 58, was a Conservative councillor for North Norfolk District Council and was a familiar face in the local area.
The couple were both found with gunshot wounds near their home in Compit Hills in Roughton, near Cromer, on Sunday.
They have not yet been formally identified.
Police were called to a bungalow at 2.50pm on Sunday after reports of gunshots.
A spokesman from Norfolk Constabulary said they found the body of a woman in her early 40s, in the front garden, and the body of a man in his late 50s, in a nearby back garden.
Detectives are not looking for anybody else in connection with the incident.
North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb said he was "deeply shocked" by the news.
"I've known Keith for some years through his work on the council and we both attended the wedding of a mutual friend a few years ago," he said.
"We've always been on very good terms despite the fact I'm Lib Dem and he was a Conservative.
"I didn't know Andrea beyond seeing them both at civic events but she was always good for a friendly chat.
"I share the community's sense of disbelief and my heart goes out to all of their family and friends."
The couple have been described by their local newspaper as "prominent and much-loved" figures in their community.
Mr Johnson was also a former Cromer mayor and a long-serving member of both the district and town council.
He was elected as council leader earlier this year, had helped organise the town's Christmas market, launched at the weekend as part of a series of festive events.
On Friday he attended the opening of a Waitrose store in nearby North Walsham.
Mr Johnson's close friend, Benji Cabbell-Manners told the Eastern Daily Press of his "terrible shock" at hearing the news.
Detective Superintendent Peter Hornby, who is leading the inquiry into the deaths, said: "Whilst I understand this is a very shocking incident for the neighbours of the two people involved, I can reassure them that, at this stage, we are not looking for anyone else in connection with it."
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