2-Year-Old Girl and Father Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide While Mom Was at Home: 'Devastating Scene'

Police in Minneapolis are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after a man and his 2-year-old daughter were found dead.

On Monday, June 9, at approximately 12:20 a.m. local time, Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officers responded to a home in the 2900 block of Colfax Avenue North, “where they found a man in his 50s and his 2-year-old daughter dead from gunshot wounds,” per a public information release.

Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed the news, stating that the man “is believed to have fatally shot his 2-year-old daughter before taking his own life,” according to the release.

The post stated that the child’s mother was inside the property at the time, but was not physically injured.

“This is an unimaginable, heartbreaking tragedy,” Chief O’Hara said, per the release.

“Our hearts are with the child’s mother as she faces an overwhelming loss, and with the officers and investigators who responded to such a devastating scene,” he added.

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Police confirmed that the Hennepin County Medical Examiner will eventually release the names of the deceased, along with the official cause and manner of death.

Authorities are encouraging anybody with information to get in touch, per the post, which confirmed the MPD was investigating the incident as a murder-suicide.

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The Minneapolis Police Department and a Hennepin County spokesperson did not immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for additional information.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.