Middle-aged Pennsylvania mother's astonishing actions that ended with two dead

A Pennsylvania parent pointed a weapon astatine her son's caput earlier shooting her hubby dormant and past committing suicide, according to police. 

Around 9.30am Saturday Upper Dublin Police responded to reports of a woman, Tonya Dupree, 57, pointing a weapon astatine her big son's caput extracurricular of his occupation astatine a FedEx warehouse, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. 

Her lad managed to 'wrestle the weapon away' from his parent earlier she fled the scene. 

Less than an hr later, astatine astir 10.15am, officers with the Upper Merion Township Police Department conducted a payment cheque astatine Tonya's location successful King of Prussia - astir 50 minutes extracurricular of Philadelphia. 

Officers past discovered her hubby Robert Dupree Sr., 62, was changeable dormant successful his bed, Steele stated. 

By 11.30am, Tonya's deceased assemblage was recovered floating successful the Schuylkill River by the Philadelphia Police Department. 

Multiple agencies, including the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, Upper Merion Township Police and the Upper Dublin Police are investigating the murder-suicide and attempted murder, according to the DA. 

It is unclear what drove Tonya to constituent a weapon astatine her son, termination her husband, oregon instrumentality her ain life.  

Heartbroken friends and household took to Facebook to grant Robert, a retired US Army soldier. 

'You gave maine that Mug connected Thursday and connected Saturday you were Gone,' Antonie Berry, a person of Robert's, wrote alongside respective images of them. 

'Knowing you implicit 30 years was not capable time. You were much than a person you were my Brother, and you volition Be missed. I emotion you, Robert Dupree.' 

Another person of his wrote: 'Speechless and truly hurt. I had the grant of serving with this bully member and calling him a large member fig extracurricular the uniform. 

'Countless laughs and amusive overseas successful Kuwait and Qatar to stateside. Keeping successful touch, talking sh** successful our radical phantasy shot text. Rest good my friend. Praying for his family,' helium added. 

'He was a existent person without judgement to each helium considered a friend,' different said, adding 'you deserved amended my person forever.'  

Someone other commented: 'Such a bully idiosyncratic RIP Rob.' 

'Oh No!! I retrieve Dupree. This is excessively sad. I’m truthful atrocious brother,' wrote another. 

Robert was not lone a veteran, but was besides a retired correctional serviceman and a erstwhile worker of Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, a loved 1 said. 

DailyMail.com contacted the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, Upper Merion Township Police and the Upper Dublin Police for much information.