( CNN ) -- A Pennsylvania soccer mom was chatting with a friend via webcam when she was shot to death by her husband , who then went upstairs and shot himself , police said Friday . Pistol-packing soccer mom Meleanie Hain was shot dead while chatting with a friend on a webcam , police said . Meleanie Hain , 31 , made national headlines last year as the mother who carried a loaded , holstered handgun to her 5-year-old daughter 's soccer game . She was found dead in her Lebanon , Pennsylvania , home along with her husband , Scott Hain , 33 , on Wednesday evening , Lebanon police said . Hain was in her kitchen talking with a friend via webcam just before her death , police said . Watch why Hain caused controversy » . The friend , who police will not name , was looking away from the computer screen when he heard a shot and a scream , police said . He turned back to the monitor , he told police , and no longer saw Meleanie Hain but instead saw Scott Hain firing several rounds from a handgun toward where his wife had been . Police said that the woman 's body had already fallen to the floor by the time the friend turned back to the screen . Scott Hain then went upstairs to a bedroom , where he shot himself in the head with a 12-gauge shotgun , police said . Meleanie Hain was shot several times with a 9 mm handgun , police said . Her fully loaded 9 mm handgun was found in her backpack hanging on the back of the front door . The couple 's three children were home at the time of the killings , police Capt . Daniel Wright said . They were unharmed and took refuge at a neighbor 's house before police arrived , he said . Investigators have confiscated the webcam and computer , but can not review what the friend says he saw because the online conversation was not recorded . The death of the couple came four months after Meleanie Hain told her attorney she was separating from her husband , her attorney , Matthew B. Weisberg , told CNN Thursday . However , police said the couple still appeared to be living together . Meleanie Hain drew media attention on September 11 , 2008 , when she carried a Glock strapped to her belt to her daughter 's soccer game . Nine days later her permit to carry a gun was revoked by Lebanon County Sheriff Michael DeLeo , who claimed she showed poor judgment by wearing the weapon to a child 's game . County Judge Robert Eby later reinstated the permit . CNN 's Edmund DeMarche and Susan Candiotti contributed to this story .
Police : Meleanie Hain shot by husband , Scott , in Pennsylvania home . He then shot himself to death , police said . Friend heard gunshots over webcam , saw Scott Hain firing . Meleanie Hain brought loaded gun to daughter 's soccer game in 2008 .