The two arrived at the indoor range together, rented firearms, and “were using the range as intended” for an unspecified amount of time, according to Carrie Kimball Monahan, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett.

A 23-year-old Malden man and a 22-year-old woman from East Hampstead, N.H., neither of whom were identified, took their own lives at Original Bob’s Tactical Shooting Range on Wednesday evening, according to the district attorney’s office.

Two people died after intentionally shooting themselves in front of stunned patrons at a gun range in Salisbury this week, the Essex district attorney’s office said Friday.

“At a certain point they nearly simultaneously turned the weapons on themselves,” she said.


A note indicating the couple’s intention to commit suicide was found by Salisbury police on the back of a receipt in the car they were believed to have arrived in, Kimball Monahan said. The incident occurred at about 5:30 p.m., police said.

The shooting, which was caught on surveillance tape, was witnessed by an unspecified number of patrons who were present at the range at the time. There were no other injuries, however, Kimball Monahan said.

The relationship between the victims was unknown.

After the shootings, the man was taken to Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, where he was pronounced dead that evening. The woman initially survived and was taken to a Boston area hospital in critical condition, but she died on Thursday night, Kimball Monahan said.

According to Kimball Monahan, “there have been previous suicides at that location within the past five years.”

Original Bob’s, which touts itself as the “only public shooting range” in the state, rents semi-automatic pistols, revolvers, and rifles for $10 each, according to its website. The range also sells a wide range of firearms, ammunition, and knives, and offers shooting lessons.


Customers are required to have a valid firearms license in order to rent a gun, but may bring an unlicensed “friend,” as long as they shoot on the same lane.

A representative for Bob’s declined to comment Friday on Wednesday’s incident.

Reenat Sinay can be reached at reenat.sinay@globe.com.