Police say they are investigating a suspected double homicide that occurred on Friday morning in Montpelier, Vermont.
Vermont State Police said the incident was reported around 11:30 a.m. at a home on Gallison Hill Road. The first officers to arrive at the scene found two people dead and detained one man. Everyone involved in the incident is believed to be accounted for, police said, and they do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the community.
State police said on Friday night that they had arrested 29-year-old Matthew Gomes, of Montpelier, in connection with the killings of two adults at the home the three shared. The victims names have not been released, but police said they are believed to be the other occupants of the home, a man and a woman who are related to Gomes.
Their identities will be confirmed through autopsies in the coming days at the chief medical examiner's office in Burlington.
Gomes is scheduled to be arraigned on a charge of aggravated murder at 1 p.m. Monday in Vermont Superior Court in Barre. He was ordered held without bail pending his initial court appearance.
Preliminary investigation indicates that Gomes attacked and killed the two victims in the early morning hours Friday. He was arrested after calling 911 and stating that he had harmed his releatives.
Anyone with information they think can assist in the investigation is asked to call Vermont State Police at 802-229-9191 or submit an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
