The Hays County Sheriff's Office is investigating what they are now calling a homicide-suicide.

Tx DPS

Charles Eckford

Tx DPS

Susan Eckford

Deputies were called to the 4200 block of Hunter Road in San Marcos around 11 p.m. Wednesday.

They say they found the bodies of a husband and wife -- Charles Eckford, 56, and Susan Eckford, 53 -- in the carport.

Both had gunshot wounds, and investigators recovered a weapon at the scene.

Authorities say the bodies were discovered late Wednesday by an adult and the couple's teenage daughter when she returned home after Halloween trick-or-treating.

Hays County officials said Thursday afternoon the Travis County Medical Examiner's Autopsy preliminary report indicates the incident was a homicide-suicide because it appears Charles Eckford fired the weapon.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report