Quadruple murder-suicide shooting under investigation at San Jose home: Police

The names of the victims have not been released.

June 24, 2019, 12:09 PM

Police in San Jose, California, are investigating a quadruple murder-suicide after they say a suspect shot and killed four people and then himself inside a home.

Around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to multiple calls of a shooting and found several family members fleeing the house, according to the San Jose Police Department.

PHOTO: A forensic analyst with the San Jose Police Department searches a truck near scene where five people were killed Monday, June 24, 2019, in San Jose, Calif.
A forensic analyst with the San Jose Police Department searches a truck near scene where five people were killed Monday, June 24, 2019, in San Jose, Calif.
Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group via AP

Officers learned there were possibly more victims inside the home and took an armored police vehicle inside, where they rescued a woman and a woman who had each been shot, police said.

They were rushed to hospitals, where they were pronounced dead, police said.

Two other women and the suspect were still unaccounted for and believed to be inside, said police. At about 1:25 a.m. Monday, officers went inside and found the two missing victims and the suspect. All three had been shot and were pronounced deceased at the scene, said police.

There are no outstanding suspects, according to police, and the identities of the victims and suspect have not been released.