An investigation is ongoing after a mother and her daughter were found shot to death in their Burlington County, New Jersey, home Wednesday morning.

According to the Burlington County District Attorney’s Office, police were called to the 100 block of Harrington Circle in Willingboro’s Hawthorne Park neighborhood just after 4 a.m. on Oct. 30 for a report of a burglary in progress.

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When they arrived at the scene, officers found the bodies of Catherine Nunez, 33, and her mother, Marisol Nunez, 54, prosecutors said. The women were found in an upstairs bedroom and pronounced dead at the scene.

Prosecutors said the investigation revealed entry was gained through a first-floor window that was broken by the intruder(s), who fled before police arrived.

Prosecutors said Burlington County Coroner Dr. He said autopsies performed by Ian Hood determined that the cause of death for both victims was gunshot wounds.

It is believed that this is not a coincidental event. But prosecutors said law enforcement did not believe other residents in the neighborhood were in danger.

Some neighbors told NBC10 that a young son of Catherine’s was also home at the time of the murders.

“We found out that the baby was under the bed while the mother was murdered and the grandmother was already gone,” said Charlee Harris, a neighbor in the area.

“Everybody was shocked when they found out this was happening,” said Royston Evans, a neighbor in the area.

The family had recently moved here from New York, the prosecutor’s office said.

“I think it was about two years ago and, you know, he was very quiet. He keeps to himself. But he talks and says hello,” Evans said.

The society in which women live is now in ruins.

“I couldn’t believe it. I just fell. I just fell over,” said Glenda Sprauve, who lives next door to the family.

Sprauve described the family as neighbors who lived mostly to their own devices and were the last people who would expect to meet such a tragic end.

“He was cool, but he was such a nice person. He was kind enough to make me shed a tear or two or more. I couldn’t even sleep last night,” Sprauve said. “It hurts. It hurts. And I feel so bad for his son.”

Neighbors are planning a prayer service outside the home on Harrington Circle Friday night.

Anyone with information that could assist detectives is asked to call the Willingboro Township Police Department tip line at 609-877-6958 or email [email protected].

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