Po­lice in New Jer­sey has clas­si­fied the death of a fam­i­ly of four as a mur­der-sui­cide.

Ac­cord­ing to the New Jer­sey Mon­mouth Coun­ty Pros­e­cu­tor's Of­fice, this was con­firmed dur­ing an au­top­sy.

Lyn­don Shane Be­har­ry, 35, shot dead his wife and two chil­dren be­fore set­ting their Jo­line Av­enue, Long Branch home ablaze late Tues­day night, con­firm­ing au­thor­i­ties' sus­pi­cion of a mur­der-sui­cide.

A re­port from nj.com stat­ed that while the cause of death is still pend­ing ad­di­tion­al stud­ies, which will not be avail­able for sev­er­al weeks, all four in­di­vid­u­als have in­juries that are con­sis­tent with gun­shot wounds, the pros­e­cu­tor's of­fice said.

The deaths of 29-year-old Aman­da Mor­ris and her sons, Bran­don Be­har­ry, sev­en and Bri­an Be­har­ry, four, have been ruled homi­cides.

Be­har­ry's sole in­jury was de­ter­mined to be a self-in­flict­ed gun­shot wound, the pros­e­cu­tors of­fice said.

The post-mortem ex­am­i­na­tions were con­duct­ed by the Mid­dle­sex Coun­ty Med­ical Ex­am­in­er's of­fice.

Be­har­ry, a me­chan­ic with the city's Pub­lic Works De­part­ment, was de­scribed as "an ex­cel­lent me­chan­ic and a very good-na­tured per­son" by his boss Fred Migli­ac­cio.

Be­har­ry's sis­ter-in-law, Ca­dine Mo­hammed, told the T&T Guardian her sis­ter met Be­har­ry in New Jer­sey about 12 years ago, and even though the two nev­er got mar­ried, they seemed the per­fect cou­ple to fam­i­ly and friends.

--NJ Ad­vance Me­dia's Alex Napoliel­lo con­tributed to this re­port.