Firefighters responding to a house fire in Maywood, California, early Saturday morning discovered the bodies of a married couple and their young child, all of whom appeared to have died from gunshot wounds before the fire erupted. The Los Angeles County Fire Department was dispatched to the residence on the 5000 block of E 61st Street around 2:20 a.m.
After extinguishing the flames, emergency responders found the three victims, described as a man and woman in their late 40s and their son under the age of 10, inside a bedroom. A firearm was recovered at the scene, according to the LA County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident is being investigated as a domestic violence case, with officials stating the adults were married and the child was their biological son. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.
Video footage from the Citizen app showed smoke billowing from the residence as firefighters worked on the roof. The case is currently under active investigation.