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http://www.cnn.com/2009/C...ccer.mom.dead/index.html Ahh got to love the sweetirony. (CNN) -- Soccer mom Melanie Hain, who made national headlines last year by having a loaded, holstered handgun at her 5-year-old daughter's soccergame, has been found shot dead in her home along with her husband, police said Thursday. Melanie Hain was found shot dead in her home along with her husbandThursday. Information from 911 calls shows that it took a SWAT team nearly an hour and a half to gain entry to the Lebanon, Pennsylvania, home Wednesdayevening. Inside, they found the bodies of Hain, 31, and her husband, Scott, 33, police Capt. Daniel Wright said. Police have avoided labeling the incident amurder-suicide. However, they do not believe that another person was involved, Wright said. A full investigation is under way, he added. "Who [MelanieHain] is does not change the course of this investigation," he said. The autopsies are scheduled for Friday. Melanie Hain's attorney, Matthew B.Weisberg, said she told him a few months ago that she and her husband were separating. It was not immediately clear whether they were still living together.The couple's three children were unharmed and took refuge at a neighbor's house before police arrived, Wright said, and the children remain in aneighbor's care. During the incident, police told neighbor Ann DiJohnson to avoid rooms with windows in fear of a possible shootout. "It wasfrightening," DiJohnson said. "I'm still shaking." Thomas Shaak, who lives a block from the Hains, said the couple hardly socialized withneighbors. The avid gardener said he occasionally saw Scott Hain working on his yard, but the two did not greet each other. He said Hain worked as a securityofficer and often kept odd hours. Melanie Hain became an overnight celebrity and, to some, a steward of Second Amendment rights when she carried a Glockstrapped to her belt to her daughter's soccer game September 11, 2008. Days later, on September 20, her permit to carry a gun was revoked by Lebanon CountySheriff Michael DeLeo, who claimed that she showed poor judgment at the child's game. County Judge Robert Eby later reinstated the permit. Weisberg,Hain's attorney, said the sheriff's action violated Hain's First, Second, Fourth and 14th Amendment rights. A lawsuit was filed against DeLeo onHain's behalf for compensatory damages. She sought punitive and statutory damages, Weisberg said, along with reimbursement of attorneys' fees and lostwages. Although Weisberg called the Hains a "loving" and "unified" couple, he said that about four months ago, Melanie Hain told him thatthey were separating and that she wanted to remove his name from the $1 million lawsuit. Although there was no indication of abuse, Weisberg said, Melanie Hainwas contemplating getting a "stay-away order." "It's shocking," Weisberg said of the shooting. "And sadly ironic."
