MOORLAND, Iowa [KCCI]— Two people are dead in a tiny Webster County town, after an apparent murder-suicide. Webster County Sheriff Luke Fleener says deputies were dispatched around 11:40 a.m. Thursday to a home in the 400 block of 1st Street in Moorland. There they found a deceased female in the living room and a deceased male in a bedroom.

In a news release, Fleener identified the woman as Sharon Jones, 79, and the man as her 55-year-old son Eric Jones. The sheriff said Eric Jones shot and killed his mother before turning the gun on himself. “This is an isolated incident and there is no immediate threat to the citizens of Webster County,” Fleener said in the release. “Our investigation will continue to try and determine what lead to these tragic events.”

Moorland, with a population of 176, is located about 10-miles southwest of Ft. Dodge.