Cops’ grisly find after welfare check at Caloundra West on Sunshine Coast

Police undertaking a welfare check overnight uncovered a grisly scene when they found the bodies of a man and a woman with gunshot wounds.

Two people have been found dead with gunshot wounds on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland in what police believe is a murder-suicide.

The bodies of a Browns Plains man, 52, and a woman, 48, were found in the Caloundra West home at around 6.30pm on Monday.

Police were called to the woman’s Teal St property to conduct a welfare check, but when they arrived the pair were already dead.

Investigations are under way to determine whether the pair met online in order to carry out the act.

A crime scene has been established on the Sunshine Coast after a man and a woman were found dead in a suburban home at Caloundra West. Picture: 7News

Police do not believe the incident was of a domestic violence nature.

Neither of the bodies have been formally identified.

Police are determining how the pair are known to each other. Picture: 7News

Police are not looking for anyone else connected to the crime.

The house remains under police guard on Tuesday morning.