Overview
- Deputies opened a homicide investigation after finding an adult man, an adult woman and two juveniles with gunshot wounds inside a Mill Water Circle residence in Rancho Cordova.
- The sheriff's office received a report of gunfire followed by a caller claiming responsibility and saying booby traps were being placed, prompting a large response and nearby evacuations.
- Explosive ordnance specialists and deputies searched the home and surrounding area and found no evidence of traps, and investigators say they are not seeking additional suspects.
- Deputies breached a rear fence and a sliding glass door, deployed a drone that located an unresponsive man, then found three more victims inside the home.
- Officials have not released the victims' names or confirmed who made the calls, records show several firearms registered to the resident and prior military service, and the agency later said it believed the case was a murder-suicide.