TV Ghost Hunters Found Dead In Apartment
The bodies of an estranged husband and wife who appeared as ghost hunters in a paranormal television show have been found in a barricaded apartment in Nevada.
Mark and Debby Constantino, who appeared on the Travel Channel show Ghost Adventures, were found in the apartment in Sparks, east of Reno, on Tuesday.
Police have released few details surrounding their deaths, which came hours after the killing of another man in Reno.
They were found dead when a SWAT team responding to a hostage situation stormed their adult daughter's apartment.
Lieutenant Rocky Triplett, of Sparks Police, said Mark Constantino fired at officers as they approached the apartment door.
He said: "The subjects involved in this incident were not shot at or injured by gunfire from any law enforcement personnel."
Lt Triplett added that the two incidents were "directly related".
Officers found a man dead at a home in northwest Reno on Tuesday morning, where Debby Constantino and another woman had been living.
They tracked her mobile phone to the apartment in Sparks.
Gunshots were heard in the apartment when officers knocked on the door and a man shouted "give me 15 minutes to gather my thoughts, or I'll kill her", Deputy Police Chief Tom Robinson told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Police used explosives to open the door. One officer was hurt by broken glass at the scene.
Washoe District Court records showed Debby Constantino obtained a restraining order on her estranged husband last week.
The two were scheduled to appear in court in December over their divorce.
They were featured on the Travel Channel series, including episodes shots at the Mustang Ranch brothel near Reno, the Goldfield Hotel and the Market Street Cinema in San Francisco.
Both had a professional history of working with Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) during their paranormal investigations.
