SEBEWAING, MI -- What appears to be a double murder-suicide occurred early Thursday in the village of Sebewaing, state police have confirmed.

Michigan State Police Lt. David Kaiser said the initial investigation indicates two people were killed before the suspected assailant shot himself dead.

The Sebewaing Police Department is leading the investigation, Kaiser said.

Sebewaing Police Chief William Owens, who could not be reached for comment, told The Huron Daily Tribune three people were found dead around 1 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, inside a residence in the 500 block of Beach Street.

The people, who he did not give genders nor ages of, were found after a person was unable to get a hold of them and called police to check on them, Owens told the Daily Tribune.

The Daily Tribune cites an anonymous law enforcement official who said it appears a man shot his wife and daughter before killing himself.

Sebewaing is located on the Saginaw Bay on the southwestern side of the Thumb. As of 2010, the village had a population of 1,759, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.