2 men killed in apparent murder-suicide.

Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard

CRESWELL - A Creswell man told sheriff's dispatchers Friday that he had put his partner "out of his misery" by firing two .38-caliber bullets into his head.

The man then said he would shoot himself before help arrived.

He kept his word.

When Lane County sheriff's deputies arrived at the the men's mobile home around 12:30 p.m., they found blood on the outside of the front door.

Inside, they found the caller and a man neighbors described as his domestic partner. Both were dead from gunshot wounds.

Even their dog, Molly, had been shot to death, neighbors said.

Investigators withheld the men's identities Friday. Both were in their late 40s or early 50s.

Yellow crime scene tape blocked the street in front of the white mobile home with black trim that occupies space 58 at the Creswell Court mobile home park at 700 N. Mill St.

Investigators were tight-lipped about the shooting Friday. But a records search and interviews with neighbors revealed some details.

The call to 911 was placed at 12:24 p.m. by a man who identified himself as Scott Hartman. He told dispatchers he shot his partner to "put him out of his misery."

Neighbors confirmed that one of the men living in the house was named Scott Hartman. They knew his partner only by the first name Randy.

Other residents of the park said the men were quiet and pretty much kept to themselves. Hartman's adult daughter also lives in the park, but was not home Friday afternoon. Her daughter recently had been staying at the men's home. A granddaughter was in Harrisburg visiting an aunt Friday and did not witness the shooting, neighbors said.

A number of the daughter's friends hugged and cried in the street when investigators told them what had happened.

The tidy park was the setting of the unrelated Jan. 17 death of 35-year-old Guy Einer McClure, fatally shot by the Metro SWAT team after a violent overnight standoff at his trailer.

"This is getting ridiculous," said Gail Breedlove, who has lived at the park for the past 6 1/2 years. "We don't feel safe walking around here at night anymore."

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Neighbors at Creswell Court console each other after learning of the deaths of two residents as Lane County Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene. Two men were killed in an apparent murder-suicide, according to sheriff's records.