Four Nepalis including two children were found shot and killed in a home in Manassas Park, Virginia, the United States of America, late Thursday, reported various US media.

The Manassas Park police are investigating as a possible murder-suicide, the nbcwashington.com reports.

The 2-year-old boy, 8-year-old girl and two adults in their 30s were found dead after their landlord requested that police conduct a welfare check on the tenants in his downstairs apartment, police said Friday.

“They were: Santosh Pariyar, 38; Anju Shrestha, 36; and the children, whose names were not released by police,” the report states.

“At this time, it appears that this may have been a murder-suicide incident,” Manassas Park police said in a brief statement.

Police did not immediately say who they believed was the shooter.

Neighbours told News4 the victims were a family who moved into the neighborhood about six months ago and were from Nepal. They lived on the ground floor.

Officers were called to the downstairs apartment in the 9400 block of Lanae Lane at about 10:40 pm Thursday after the landlord grew concerned about them. All four people were dead of apparent gunshot wounds, police said. A gun was recovered on the scene, the report stated.