UPDATED at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, 2025:

At approximately 1:00 A.M., officers of the Pembroke Police Department responded to a call from 336 Pembroke Hill Road in Pembroke in response to a 911 call.  Upon entering the home, they made contact with the resident who called 911.  Upstairs in a bedroom they discovered the two other residents suffering from apparent gunshot wounds: Julia Byrne (age 26) and her son, Blake Byrne (age 3).  A witness at the scene reported hearing two gunshots, then going to the bedroom to find both mother and child injured.

Blake Byrne was transported to Concord Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased, and Ms. Byrne was pronounced deceased inside the residence.

Assistant Chief Medical Examiner Abigail Alexander conducted an autopsy on Ms. Byrne and Blake Byrne today.  Dr. Alexander determined that Ms. Byrne’s cause of death was a single gunshot wound of the head, and her manner of death is pending.  Dr. Alexander also determined that Blake Byrne’s cause of death was a single gunshot wound of the head, and the manner of his death was homicide.

At this time, authorities are still investigating this as a possible murder and suicide.  No further information is expected to be released at this time.

Earlier news release:

Attorney General John M. Formella, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark B. Hall, and Pembroke Police Department Chief Gary R. Gaskell announce that officials are currently investigating the suspicious deaths of an adult female and minor child in Pembroke, New Hampshire, that occurred early this morning, Friday, May 9, 2025.

At approximately 1:00 A.M., officers of the Pembroke Police Department responded to a single-family residence in Pembroke in response to a 911 call.  Upon entering the home, they made contact with the reporting party and discovered an adult female and a minor child that were suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.  The minor child was transported to Concord Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased, and the adult female was pronounced deceased inside the residence.

While the investigation is just beginning, there does not appear to be any threat to the general public in connection with these two deaths.  At this time, authorities are investigating this as a possible murder and suicide of these two residents living at that location.

Additional information will be released as it becomes available following autopsies scheduled for later today on both individuals.