UPDATE: Victims From Somerset County Murder-Suicide Identified

An investigation into a triple homicide-suicide standoff continued Monday as friends and neighbors identified two of the victims.

According to News 12, family and friends of the victims of yesterday’s shooting in Warren Township have been identified as Heidi and Fred Erickson.

The “active shooter” became the third fatality after he shot and killed himself on Sunday, ending an hours-long standoff with police, authorities said.

The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office reported that the standoff was over around 7:30 p.m.

“SWAT and law enforcement activities have been terminated. There is no threat to the community. Ongoing investigation, more info later tonight,” according to statement from the SCPO.

The shooter was barricaded in a Somerset County home for at least five hours after killing a man and a woman, according to the SCPO.

At least one police car was hit by the gunman’s bullets, but no officers had been injured as of 6 p.m., according to WNBC-TV in New York.

State police confirmed an ongoing incident in Mountain Boulevard in Warren, but provided no details, according to mycentraljersey.com.

A man identified as “John Reno” who was formerly “incarcerated” shot a brother and sister, with one person reported dead, according to the report.

The shooter was possibly using a “bolt action rifle,” according to a family member quoted in the report.

Police and a SWAT team responded to the residential area of the township, according to nj.com.

Police monitoring agencies reported that officers were pinned, reporting the information on Twitter:

1. N. Jerzy Fire Alert ‏@NJerzyFireAlert 2h2 hours agoU/D SWAT INCIDENT | 110 MOUNTAIN BLVD | WARREN | SOMERSET,NJ | PD OFFICERS NOT PINNED ANYMORE & ARE SAFE. NO MOVEMENT OBSERVED INSIDE HOUSE
2. NJfireAlert retweeted N. Jerzy Fire Alert ‏@NJerzyFireAlert 3h3 hours agoU/D SWAT INCIDENT | 110 MOUNTAIN BLVD | WARREN | SOMERSET,NJ | 1 PERSON DOA, 1 SHOT UNKNOWN INJURIES. 2 PD OFFICERS PINNED DOWN, NEED RESCUE

Photo: Daily Record, Police on scene in the area of 110 Mountain Blvd. in Warren. Mark R. Sullivan/Gannett Photographer. See full story by clicking here.