Deputies respond a quadruple fatal shooting in Santa Clarita on Jan. 5 2018
A husband and wife along with their 20-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son were found dead Friday in an apparent murder-suicide at a Santa Clarita home, authorities said.
Scarlette Barajas said she was a classmate of Drew Birnkrant.
All four victims were pronounced dead at the scene, the Sheriff's Department said.
Authorities discovered the bodies after being sent to the home on a request to perform a welfare check, officials said.
"There are four deceased people at the residence", said Ed Winter, assistant chief of the L.A. County Coroner's office, according to the SCV News. The murders were discovered by the police in Santa Clarita at the family's home on the morning of January 5, 2018.
Moore said investigators have not been looking for any outstanding suspect and there was no indication of a break-in either.
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Amy was described as an avid runner who operated a daycare center named "Amy's Corner" from the home.
This report will be updated as more information becomes available.
Neighbors, however, told KABC-TV that the family which lived in the house was Michael and Amy Birnkrant and their two children, Drew and Sean.
Cindy Rolow, a neighbor who lives five doors down from the family, said she didn't know them but would often see the father and son walking through the neighborhood holding hands. I'm in shock, ' said resident Sandy Barajas.
Other neighbors also expressed shock and dismay at the killings in the normally 'quiet and pleasant, ' well to do community, as they now struggle to understand what led to one man gunning down his family and self.
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