Police in South Florida were investigating five deaths Friday in what they believe to be a murder-suicide.
According to investigators, Miami-Dade police responded to a Miami Lakes home Friday morning after a relative requested a welfare check because she had been unable to contact the occupants, a news release said.
After meeting with the relative, authorities said officers entered the residence through a rear window.
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Officials said they found three females and two males dead from apparent gunshot wounds. The wounds of one man appeared to be self-inflicted, leading investigators to believe the case was a murder-suicide.
Police didn’t immediately release the names or ages of the deceased or a motive for the shootings.
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