(La Porte County, IN) - Authorities are investigating what appears to be a double murder/suicide outside La Porte.

 

Emergency responders were called late Sunday night to a home at 5687 W. 250 North near the Jongkind Park subdivision.

 

La Porte County Coroner Lynn Swanson identified the victims as Leonard Ciastko, 75, his wife Linda Ciastko, 73, and her mother, Harriet Kowalski, 102.

 

Swanson said all of the individuals suffered gunshot wounds to the head and were pronounced dead inside the residence.

 

Swanson said it appears the man shot the two women before shooting himself.

 

She said she was still waiting for the results of autopsies and toxicology tests.

 

According to La Porte County Police, officers responded to the home for a welfare check and soon discovered the bodies.

 

Police did not shed further light on what transpired, saying the early stages of the investigation have determined "this was an isolated incident."