A Gwinnett County couple is dead following an apparent murder suicide.

Police responded to an alarm call at ahome at 127 Resthaven Drive in unincorporated Lawrenceville near Lilburn around 2pm Monday.

Officers knocked on the door to the home and an Asian man in his mid-50's answered. Police asked him if everything was ok, but the man did not seem to understand.

"After a few seconds, he produced a gun from behind his back and shot himself in front of the officer," said GCPD Cpl. Jake Smith.

Officers then went inside the home to clear the scene. That's when they found the body of an Asian woman in her mid-50's not far from the front door. That woman is believed to be the man's wife.

No one else was inside the home at the time.

Police are currently trying to contact the couple's relatives in China.