Residents in Watertown, Massachusetts, are looking for answers after three people were found shot dead Sunday morning in a multi-family home.

Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said police were called to the home on Boyd Street at around 10 a.m. for a wellness check.

Three residents, a man and two women, were found dead inside with apparent gunshot wounds, according to the district attorney. Authorities said a preliminary investigation suggests that 31-year-old David Minasvand shot and killed Karine Asatryan, 35, and Nadia Abrahamian, 80, inside the home where they all lived. Ryan said Minasvand died by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot after shooting the two women.

"They were lovely people. It's certainly a tragedy that we're still recovering from," a neighbor, who declined to give her name, told WBZ-TV.

Watertown family

The news is slowly spreading through Watertown's Armenian Community. Father Arakel Aljalian, pastor of Saint James Armenian Apostolic Church, said he is familiar with the older Armenian couple who owns the Boyd Street home. He said the couple recently took in a younger Armenian couple with a baby.

"We're like parents to these individuals. They took care of them. Opened their home to them. And it shows what kind of persons they are," Arjalian said.

Arjalian said the older husband died in August, leaving his wife and the couple living in their home. 

"We did the funeral here, and a few months ago, we baptized this little child. They were like a family," he said.

The DA said this was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public.