Brian Crossman Sr., 46, his wife Erica (Pawlusiak) Crossman, 41, and Erica’s son and Brian’s stepson, Colin Taft, 13, were found dead in their Pawlet, Vt., home early morning on Sunday, Sep. 15, the Vermont State Police said in a statement earlier this week.

The deaths have been ruled as homicides, per police. The couple died from gunshot wounds to the head and Taft died after being shot multiple times, the medical examiner determined, per the statement. Brian was also shot in the torso.

After the mysterious killing of a Vermont town official, his wife and his stepson, a person of interest was found with "some blood on them" on the roadside.