UPDATE: Names of People Found Dead Near Mahnomen Released

Mahnomen County officials have released the names of two shooting victims.

They are 74-year-old Lynn Thompson and 68-year-old Elizabeth Thompson.

They were found dead Tuesday on their rural Mahnomen farmstead.

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The Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office has responded to a double fatal shooting on a farm northeast of Mahnomen.

A 9-1-1 call came in around 7 o’clock this morning reporting a shooting at the residence.

When officers arrived they found a 75-year-old man dead in a Quonset and a 71-year-old woman dead in the house.

Names are being withheld pending notification of relatives.

The shooting is under investigation by a number of agencies.