A woman and child were found dead at a Pembroke, New Hampshire, home early Friday morning, in what's being investigated as a possible murder-suicide, according to the state's attorney general's office.
They were identified as Julia Byrne, 26, and her 3-year-old son, Blake Byrne, prosecutors said.
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Pembroke police responded to the home on Pembroke Hill Road around 1 a.m. when they received a 911 call. When they arrived, they met with the caller, who said they heard two gunshots, and discovered the woman and child suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, according to prosecutors.
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SIGN UP The child was taken to Concord Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities do not believe there was a threat to the general public. The Byrnes both lived in the home.
Autopsies determined that the child's cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, by homicide, and that the mother's cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, but her cause of death remained pending as of Friday afternoon.
