Authorities are investigating a possible murder-suicide involving a woman and a three-year-old child in Pembroke.

Emergency responders were called to a single-family residence at 336 Pembroke Hill Road early Friday morning and “discovered an adult female and a minor child that were suffering from apparent gunshot wounds,” according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.

The boy was transported to Concord Hospital and was later pronounced dead. The woman was found dead inside the home.

“While the investigation is just beginning, there does not appear to be any threat to the general public in connection with these two deaths,” the Attorney General’s Office said.

The site of the shooting, a two-story yellow shingled house at the top of a hill, was cordoned off with crime scene tape early Friday morning as investigators took forensic photos. State and Pembroke police officers on scene declined to comment.

The house is in a quiet, rural area of Pembroke less than one mile from Pembroke’s elementary school.

“I don’t know who lived there and I don’t think I ever saw them come out of the house,” said Ryan Demers, a neighbor who has lived on Pembroke Hill Road for two years.

“As far I knew, they pretty much kept to themselves,” he added.

Other neighbors also said they did not know the family or declined to comment.

As news of the shooting broke at around 8 a.m. Friday morning, school began as normal in the 7,500-person town, though some parents began to pick up their children, according to School Board Chair Kerri Dean.

“We have no information yet. Nothing at all,” Dean said. “Obviously people are quite on edge.”

Select Board Chair Karen Yeaton said she had been briefed on the investigation by Police Chief Gary Gaskell but could not share any more information.

“It’s a tough day here in Pembroke,” Yeaton said. “Very sad.”

“The Select Board is very, very concerned about the family of the victims in the shootings,” she said. “Our deepest condolences go out to those family members, but at this time we can’t say more than that.”

Autopsies on both the woman and child were scheduled for later today.

If you need help: Call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.