San Mateo police found an entire family, including a father, mother and two 4-year-old twin boys dead inside a home, in what appears to be a murder suicide, two sources told KTVU.
The father fatally shot the mother in a bathtub and then turned the gun on himself, the sources said.Detectives have not said how the young boys died, though a source said they were found in the living room area and were not shot. In an unusual tragedy in this bedroom community, the family of four was found dead Monday inside a home on Alameda de las Pulgas around 9:13 a.m.Police said a 9 a.m.
Police would not say where that call came from.Officers did tell the neighbors that this was an isolated incident and there was no threat to the public.Neighbors were shaken up.Matthew Sheldon and his daughter, Marianne, have both lived in San Mateo their entire lives and they say they've never seen anything like this. "There's hardly any deaths in this area ever," Matthew said.
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