So what caused it? Jomarie Lanza headed West today and here's what she learned.

It was just after 9:30 last night, here in the heart of Roaring Creek village, when neighbors were startled by the sound of gunshots.

A couple was murdered inside this zinc house - the mother killed in front of her 15 year old son.

Police say a lone, masked gun man entered the house from the side door and opened fire, killing both adults and injuring the teenager.

According to one of the neighbors, desperate attempts were made to alert the authorities:

Voice of: Neighbor
"And I came out and started flashing around and then he saw my light and came back and he said boy something happened over there to Ms Chaya. He said it looks like they shoot her and kill her. But he said he was scared to go there by myself so I wanted someone to go with me to see what happened. So I came out and got my flashlight and we went there and I tried to. Well I realized something had happened so i immediately called the police because he was trying to get 911 and there was something wrong with the phone that it was not connecting."

"Because people started to gather and so on you know and police took so long I decided to come and shortly after I saw the police vehicle arrive and came around. But that was the situation I think they took a while to respond. I'm not sure if it's because of the young man who was injured perhaps they were trying to get some information from him because i understand he was taken to the hospital so I under that maybe that is the reason why there was a delay in coming to the scene."

The bodies of 47 year old Saida Perez and 49 year old Morcel Neal were discovered by her daughter. Sources claim the family had been living in the area for years and no one knows why anyone would have a motive to harm them.

Voice of: Neighbor
"They were nice people you know they were always respectable. The lady use to work hard and so on to send her child, a 15 year old her son who also i understand was injured, to send him to high school. Everyday she used to religiously go to work and come on her bicycle and you know and walk home and the young man I don't think he used to work but he used to move around doing little hustling here and there but they were nice people law abiding citizens I don't know why anyone would want to hurt them or do them something of that magnitude to kill them. I don't know if they had enemy's or things that I don't know but yeah."

So far nothing points to any involvement of drugs or gangs. The commissioner of police says that they will continue to gather more information to establish a motive.

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"This murder from what we gather so far has nothing to do with those persons who were part of the SOE. As a matter of fact, the victims are not known to be involved in drugs or gangs or anything other than the fact that we know that the deceased husband was somewhat of an alcoholic. What we're gathering is that there was some dispute with some people yesterday and that is what may have led to that particular murder. We're still trying to confirm certain things and we're hoping that by the end of the day today, we should be able to get more clarity in terms of what transpired, leading to that double murder."

The minor was shot in the buttocks and is in a stable condition. Police do have a known suspect. The gunman fired at least 6 rounds.