A mother and daughter died in a murder-suicide in a Middle Paxton Township home Friday, according to Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo.

Nancy Parthemore, 50, and Kari Parthemore, 30, were found dead of gunshot wounds inside their home, Pennsylvania State Police said. Troopers from Harrisburg were dispatched at 3:28 p.m. Friday to a residence in the 1000 block of Towpath Road for a welfare check. They found the women.

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Frazer said it is a murder-suicide.

The investigation is being “treated as a domestic incident" and authorities are doing "a full investigation,” Frazer said.

State police said the public is not in danger. Authorities have not said which woman did the shooting.

"They always waved, and said hi,” a nearby neighbor said Saturday afternoon. The neighbor said he didn’t know them well or what their relationship was like.

The home where the women were found is nestled in the woods off of US 22 West, near the Susquehanna River. Houses are sparsely arranged along the river.

When the Parthemores’ neighbor arrived home Friday afternoon, he said he was greeted by state troopers who had one of the main roads blocked off. He said the troopers were at the women’s lot until about 1 a.m.

"It’s scary to know something like that can happen around here,” he said. "We’re living in a world where we always have to keep our guards up.”

The Troop H Major Case Team is investigating, along with the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office and the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office.

The Dauphin County Coroner’s Office couldn’t confirm when the autopsies are scheduled, but said that information will be forthcoming. District Attorney Fran Chardo said he expects preliminary autopsy results either Monday or Tuesday.

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