SMYRNA, Del. - Detectives have identified the father and son who died in an apparent murder-suicide incident.

On Feb. 6, Smyrna police found two dead men in a home in the 2000 block of Providence Drive while conducting a welfare check.

Detectives have now identified the victims as 63-year-old Anthony Smith of Smyrna and his teenage son. Police believe that Smith shot his son twice in the upper extremities with a handgun, before turning the weapon on himself and committing suicide.

Smyrna police are still looking for a motive in this incident. Police will not release any more identifying details about the teenage victim out of respect for his family.

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