Two kids, two adults found dead in potential murder suicide

2 kids, 2 adults dead in possible murder-suicide

Manassas Park Police are investigating four deaths on Thursday evening as a possible murder suicide.

MANASSAS PARK, Va. - Manassas Park Police are investigating four deaths on Thursday evening as a possible murder suicide. 

What we know:

On Thursday evening around 10:40 p.m, Manassas Park Police responded to a home on Lanae Lane for a welfare check. 

Officers entered a downstairs apartment and found two deceased adults and two deceased juveniles. Police have identified the deceased as Santosh Pariyar, 38, Anju Shrestha, 36, a 2-year-old male, and an 8-year-old female. They all had gunshot wounds, according to police. 

Police say it appears the incident may have been a murder-suicide. A firearm was recovered at the scene. 

The investigation is ongoing. 

What they're saying:

Neighbors tell FOX 5 the deceased were a family of four including two children, young girls, who lived in a basement apartment inside this end-unit townhome.

Several residents say they saw the mother walking her school-age daughter, while holding a toddler, to the bus stop regularly. They tell us they never saw anything out of the ordinary.

"It’s shocking, it’s unbelievable for a quiet neighborhood like this. We never imagined that this would happen especially across the street," said neighbor Rula Brown.