Three children and two adults were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds inside a condo on Centre Avenue on Monday morning.

ABINGTON — There are more questions than answers, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said, after a family of five was found dead inside a townhouse Monday morning.

Cruz and Abington Police Chief David Majenski announced that the victims – three children and two adults – were found dead, all with apparent gunshot wounds, inside of a townhouse located at 135 Centre Ave. A relative discovered the victims when she went to the home to pick up one of the children for school, Cruz said.

The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office identified the victims Monday evening as the Zaccardi family. Victims include 11-year-old Alexis Zaccardi, 9-year-old twins Nathaniel and Kathryn Zaccardi, 40-year-old Deidre Zaccardi and 43-year-old Joseph Zaccardi.

Although Cruz and Majenski initially declined to release the identities of the victims Monday morning pending notifying next of kin, a letter sent to parents by Abington Public Schools Superintendent Peter Schafer just after 11 a.m. identified the victims as the Zaccardi family. He confirmed that all three children attended schools in town and that grief counselors would be made available for students.

"This morning we were informed of the unexpected and unexplainably tragic loss of the Zaccardi family," he wrote in the letter. "Their presence touched so many lives and there are no words to express the sadness we feel."

According to town assessors records, Joseph and Deidre were listed as owners of the home, which they purchased in 2008.

The family of the victims released a written statement through the district attorney’s office shortly after 3 p.m. Monday.

“Today our family has suffered an unfathomable loss,” the statement read. “As we attempt to make sense of the enormity of this event, we respectfully ask that the media respect our family’s wishes to be left alone as we grieve our tremendous losses in private.”

Officers and medical personnel were dispatched to the residence at 7:31 a.m. after a woman called 911 to report a young girl was found unresponsive and bleeding on a couch.

Upon entering the residence, police first found the body of a 40-year-old woman, Cruz said. They then located three children and finally a 43-year-old man, all family members, Cruz said.

Police said they do not believe there is currently any threat to the public, but would not immediately call the incident a murder-suicide.

"A crime occurred and three little children are gone forever as a result of this,” Cruz said.

Cruz did confirm that the weapon involved was a firearm, but did not note the type of firearm. He also declined to say if either adult member of the family had a valid license to carry.

The main entrance to the condominium complex was blocked off Monday, with yellow police tape across the length of the driveway. A second nearby sidewalk entrance was also blocked off by police tape.

Wes Cobb, 75, who has lived next door to the complex for at least 20 years, said that he learned of the incident when emergency officials responded early Monday. He spotted at least 15 police cruisers, including detectives, he said, and fire department personnel.

“I thought there was something burning around here,” he said. “Then I saw them taping the place up and knew something happened.”

Though he did not know the family, he said he would sometimes see the two younger children outside playing in the summer.

Cruz said that as of early Monday afternoon, officials were not aware of any ongoing domestic violence incidents.

Joe Franey Sr., 66, who owns Franey Refrigerator and Air Conditioning located next door said that the complex was "very quiet."

“If there was commotion, they hid it very well,” he said. “...There’s no reason to think anything like this would occur.”

Although he noted that he, too, did not know the victims, it was shocking that an event like that occurred next door, especially involving children.

“That’s the worst part,” he said. “I just can’t grasp that.”

State police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County district attorney's office are investigating, along with Abington police.

"It's a tragedy all the way around," Majenski said.

Staff writer Corlyn Voorhees can be reached at cvoorhees@enterprisenews.com

This is a developing story. Please check back as more information becomes available.

Enterprise staff writer Corlyn Voorhees contributed to this report.