3 people found dead in home after hourslong standoff

UPDATE: One of the homicide victims has been identified as 74-year-old Mark McIntire. The name of the other homicide victim, a 70-year-old woman, has not been released by the Marion County Coroner’s Office. A 73-year-old man who died by suicide has also not had his name publicly released.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Three people are dead after a SWAT stand-off Sunday on the city’s west side.

Police were called to a report of shots fired around 2:20 p.m. on the 1700 block of Countryside Drive.

According to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Sergeant Grace Sibley, police found a man holding a fire arm. The man left the house, went back in and shots were fired shortly after.

Police no longer had contact with the man. A SWAT team was brought out and non-lethal rounds were used.

Once officials went inside, they found three people dead, two males and one female.

IMPD believe the case to be a double-homicide and suicide.

Names of the victims have not yet been released.