A teenage girl and a 63-year-old man were found shot dead Friday night in their Pocono Mountains home in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.

A suicide note was found by police written by the 63-year-old man Freddie Simmons "stating that he was taking the juvenile with him," Pocono Mountain Regional Police Chief Chris Wagner said in a release.

Police responded about 8:25 p.m. to the home on Poplar Place in the Pocono Farms development in Tobyhanna for a report of a shooting, according to the release.

Police found the 16-year-old had been shot multiple times, according to Wagner. Simmons was shot once in the head. The teen and the man were found dead in the same room.

The relationship between the two was not immediately clear.

"Other family members ran out of the residence to a nearby neighbor to call 911," Wagner wrote. "The suspect was reported to still be within the residence along with the victim."

The investigation was continuing. Authorities did not immediately release the teenage victim's name.

Monroe County Coroner Tom Yanac said the deaths remained under investigation Saturday and that he could not immediately confirm the manners as homicide and suicide.

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