Two people were found dead inside a Brook Highland apartment complex Sunday night, more than four hours after Shelby County sheriff’s deputies were called there on a report of a disturbance.

Deputies responded to Brook High Place Apartments shortly after 6:30 p.m. after receiving a third-party call in reference to a disturbance in a residence. The complex is on Meadow Drive off of Brook Highland Parkway in the northern part of the county.

A negotiator and the Tactical Response Unit responded to the scene but were never able to make contact with anyone inside the apartment. It was after 10 p.m. when they entered the home and found the two people dead, said Capt. Russell Bedsole.

The captain said investigators would remain at the confirmed crime scene. "It is really too early to make any speculations as to what occurred,'' he said. The altercation was, and is, confined to that apartment, he said. No one else is believed to be involved, but that could change, he said.

He said detectives would be working through the night to piece together what happened. The identities are being withheld pending notifications of relatives.