A father and his 4-year-old son were found dead inside a residence on Harris Street, Dallas Township, Monday night.
Ed Lewis | Times Leader
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DALLAS TWP. — A domestic custody disturbance turned fatal when a father and his 4-year-old son were found dead inside their home on Harris Street due to homicide-suicide Monday night.
Township Police Chief Doug Higgins said officers responded to the residence just after 8 p.m. and spoke with a woman who called 911.
As officers were speaking with the woman, Higgins said, they heard two gunshots inside the residence.
Higgins said officers had to force open the door to enter the residence, finding the man and boy deceased.
A news release from the Luzerne County Coroner’s Office described the shooting as a homicide-suicide.
Autopsies were performed by pathologist Dr. Charles Siebert.
The child’s manner of death was ruled a homicide due to a gunshot wound and the manner of death for the adult, 38, was suicide by gunshot.
Identities of the child and adult were not released.
Higgins said the investigation is continuing.
State police at Wilkes-Barre Troop P Forensic Services Unit processed the scene.
Police in Jackson Township, Kingston Township and Lehman Township assisted at the scene.