07:25 AM EDT on Sunday, June 26, 2005

By NICOLE KONKAL / 6NEWS

Officers have found a firearm at the apartment in Matthews where two teenagers were found dead Friday night, but haven't said whether the gun was used in the killings.

According to police, officers found the bodies of a 19-year-old female and a 17-year-old male Friday after responding to a 911 call about shots fired in the Matthews Village apartment complex.

"There are two possible scenarios," said Sgt. Darren Snyder of the Matthews Police Department. "It may be a murder-suicide or a double homicide."

The two teens knew each other, officers said. Neighbors said they may have dated at one time.

Less than a year ago, police were called to the same complex to investigate the death of a 3-year-old, who police later said was suffocated by his mother's boyfriend. The two death investigations are isolated incidents, Snyder said.

"There is not reason neighbors should worry," he said.

But for Woody Forest, who lives next door to the complex and jogs through the area every weekend, the random crimes are happening too often.

"Everyone has a gun and is willing to use it," he said. "It makes you feel uneasy because everyone is locked and loaded."