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Roger and Larry Troutman dead

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Roger and Larry Troutman, of Zapp, died April 25th of gun wounds in Dayton Ohio. Investigators are considering the incident a possible murder-suicide based on early evidence. Roger Troutman and Zapp were the people who brought classics such as More Bounce To The Ounce, Computer Love and the more recent 1996 Tupac Shakur track California Love. Roger was shot several times outside his recording studio. His brother Larry, was found dead in his car a few blocks away of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Larry Troutman's car reportedly matched the description of a car seen leaving the scene of initial shooting. Roger Troutman suffered several gunshot wounds to the upper body and died in surgery at Dayton's Good Samaritan Hospital. Test results to determine whether the gun found in Larry's car match the bullets that killed Roger should be completed by Tuesday, investigators said.

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