A man was arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting his wife, his minor son and his wife’s parents at a home in Alameda on Wednesday night, police said. The man also shot another one of his children, who survived but remains in critical condition, according to authorities.
The shooting happened in the 400 block of Kitty Hawk Road around 9 p.m., the Alameda Police Department said in a social media post.
Someone called police to report their neighbor had been shot, authorities said, and when officers arrived at the house, they found one gunshot victim. While investigators were searching the home, they found other victims, including children, police said.
An unidentified man was arrested in connection to the shooting. The Alameda Police Department did not disclose any names, but it identified the victims as the suspect’s mother-in-law, father-in-law, wife and two minor sons.
No information regarding a motive was released. Officers found firearms at the home and took evidence from the scene, police said.
Police said the investigation into the shootings is continuing but that there was no threat to the general public.
