I can’t find the original story but one time there was a cop that shot his wife and then himself and the news described it as “police officer slain in murder suicide”.
I can find the incident just fine, it happened in Lakewood and involved a cop and his wife who had just quit being a cop and their toddler. I just can’t find the specific headline.
If you want to be charitable maybe they meant to refer to her but … no. Cop voice must be used.