Five people were found dead at a southern Maryland home Friday afternoon after a reported shooting there, authorities said.   

  The bodies were found at a home in La Plata, about a 35-mile drive south of Washington, D.C., by law enforcement officers around 4 p.m.  after a witness called 911 to report a shooting, Charles County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Diane Richardson told reporters Friday.   

  The bodies appeared to be adults, Richardson said.  He did not say if they were shot.  neither their names nor their causes of death were released.   

  Neither Richardson nor the sheriff’s office has said whether investigators were looking for a shooter, but Richardson said authorities “believe this incident is isolated to this home.”   

  “We have no information that it extends beyond that,” Richardson said.   

  Investigators were trying to determine the identities of the dead and their relationships, if any.   

  “It’s too early to say … what the motive is,” Richardson said.   

  Details about the 911 call and what led up to it have not been released.  Richardson said she could not elaborate on who the witness was.   

  Investigators contacted the homeowner, who “provided us with information,” according to Richardson.  He said he could not say whether that person lived there or was in the home at the time of the reported shooting.   

  The home was a single-family home, the sheriff’s office said.   

  “There (are) a lot of questions.  We just can’t answer everything at this point,” Richardson said.