SAN DIEGO _ Five members of a family, including three children, died in a shooting at a Paradise Hills home Saturday morning and another child was wounded and undergoing surgery, San Diego police said.
The suspect is believed to be among the dead, homicide Lt. Matt Dobbs told reporters outside the home.
The first 911 call to the home came in at 6:49 a.m., Dobbs said, according to OnSceneTV. The caller didn't speak to the dispatcher, but the sound of arguing could be heard in the background.
While officers were headed to the home, a family member who lives next door called 911 and reported hearing arguing and what sounded like a nail gun being fired, Dobbs said.
Officers received no answer when they knocked on the front door, so they went around back and through a window could see a child on the ground covered in blood, Dobbs said. The officers then broke out a front window and once inside found several people suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
A 3-year-old boy, a 29-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were found dead inside. A 5-year-old boy and 9-year-old boy were taken to a hospital but also died. An 11-year-old boy was also hospitalized and was undergoing surgery Saturday morning.
Their names have not been released.
Detectives did not say which family member is believed to be the shooter, citing the ongoing investigation. It was unclear if the suspected shooter died from a self-inflicted wound.
"There are no outstanding suspects at this time," Dobbs said.
A gun was found inside the house but authorities have not disclosed what type.
Dobbs said a mother and four children lived in a granny flat adjacent to the main house, where other family members lived. It was unclear how many people total lived in the compound.
Some neighbors said they didn't know the family but often saw the children outside playing with their dog or riding their bicycles.
"They were just living the kid's life on the outside, but who knows what goes on behind closed doors," said Gabriel Durazo, 36, who moved into the neighborhood about three years ago.
