The incident started just after 11 a.m. when Long Beach police responded to the 300 block of East 63rd Street on a shooting report. They found a woman who had been shot in the upper body and a man with unknown injuries.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the woman was brought to a local hospital and pronounced dead there.
Long Beach officers surrounded a nearby home where it was believed the male suspect had fled. SWAT was called in for help.
Shortly after 7 p.m. SWAT officers entered the home and found the suspect. He appeared to be dead from a self-inflicted gunshot, police say.
The circumstances and motive for the shootings remain under investigation.