Police: Two men, one woman dead in apparent homicide

Now investigating a homicide in pocomoke city.

This -- after three people were found dead.

47 a-b-c's lili zheng reports.

Track 1 jimmy reid and tory pinder say -- this sunday will be their church's hardest day.

As two members -- a man and woman police have not identified as of monday -- will be missing.

They were found dead in this home on the 22-hundred block of groton road.

I just couldn't believe it.

Like, out of all people...you know?

That's why you never know when your last day is.

You never know when your last breath is and...<snap in a nick of a time> track 2 according to the worcester county sheriff's office -- authorities were called to perform a welfare check late monday morning.

When they arrived at the home -- they came in contact with a man through the door.

He was very hard to understand, he was behind closed doors...they couldn't really understand him or speak with him track 3 lieutenant ed scheier of the worcester county sheriff's office tells 47 a-b-c -- police eventually made their way in -- discovered the two bodies -- and left to get a warrant.

After several unsuccessful attempts to make contact again with the man who came to the door -- lieutenant schreier says a tactical team used gas to try to force him out -- which ignited a fire.

Fire crews put out the fire -- and investigators went inside the home -- where they found the man at the door -- dead.

"we don't know if it's a homcide-suicide at this point, were still looking at that avenue."

Track 4 as for reid -- he says the loss will be felt throughout the church.

They were a part of the church, the church was their life as it is with all of us track 5 lili zheng, 47 a-b-c all three bodies -- will be transported to the chief medical examiner's office in baltimore for autopsies.

We are told the maryland state police homicide unit is the lead agency in this case.

A shed fire in salisbury claimed the life of a young girl saturday.