From staff reports

The Allen County Coroner’s Office was summoned about 8:45 a.m. Jan. 18 to the scene of a double fatal shooting in the 1100 block of Skyline Pass, in the Lincoln Village neighborhood east of Coldwater Road in north Fort Wayne.

The two deceased were positively identified and next of kin was notified of the deaths.

Autopsies have been conducted on Kari Lynn Beck, a white woman, 43, of Fort Wayne, and her son, Oscar L. Beck, 7.

The cause of death for Kari Lynn Beck has been determined to be gunshot wound to the head and the manner of death is suicide.

The cause of death for Oscar L. Beck has been determined to be gunshot wound to the chest and the manner of death is homicide.

The investigation continues by the Fort Wayne Police Department, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Allen County Coroner’s Office.