A 39-year-old man shot and killed his pregnant wife and their two children before he committed suicide, according to authorities. Police found all four bodies in the family's home while conducting a well-being check.

According to West Greenwich police, Nicholas Arruda, 39, shot and killed Danielle Arruda, 39, Adele Arruda, 5, and Felix Arruda, 2, before turning the gun on himself. Danielle Arruda was seven months pregnant at the time of her death.

Police provided new information on the investigation after four people were found dead inside a West Greenwich home.

Police say Nicholas D. Arruda, 39, shot and killed his pregnant wife, Danielle, 39, and their two young children. “My brother committed the most cowardly despicable act one could perpetrate,” Arruda’s brother told the Globe.

Police in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, have been investigating the deaths of four people in a home on Cheyenne Trail

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Police officers found four bodies in a house on Jan. 3 when they went to a local home to check on a resident's welfare.