Murder-Suicide: DA And Police Rule Cause Of Death In Watertown Shooting

WATERTOWN, MA — The deaths of three people at a home are now being investigated as a murder-suicide, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Police Chief Justin Hanrahan announced.

Police responded to the Boyd Street residence at approximately 10 a.m. after being asked to conduct a well-being check. Officers discovered Nadia Abrahamian, 80, and Karine Asatryan, 35, and David Minasvand, 31 dead inside from apparent gunshot wounds.

After a preliminary investigation, Ryan and Hanrahan believe Minasvand shot and killed the two women before shooting himself. All three people involved lived at the home and no one else is believed to have been involved. The investigation remains ongoing.