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\nPolice in Northern California found four people dead, including two children, after receiving a 911 call from an alleged suspectThe suspect called 911 to report his own gunfire and reportedly told police he set up “booby traps” around the houseThe victims have not been identified, but police said neighbors told them a family of four live in the house<\/p>\n
Police in Northern California made a gruesome discovery Tuesday morning when officers found a man, a woman and two children dead in a house after receiving an alleged 911 call from the shooter saying the home was filled with \u201cbooby traps.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Officials with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office described the scene at the Rancho Cordova home as a murder-suicide and said Tuesday evening that the man found dead is believed to be responsible for the other three deaths, according to local reports from SFGate<\/a>, KCRA<\/a> and CBS News Sacramento<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n The Sacramento Bee later identified<\/a> the four victims as a family of four who lived in the home: David Edward Vallerga Jr., 58, Lindsey Peralta Vallerga, 49, and the couple’s 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter.\n<\/p>\n KCRA reported that police initially received a 911 call around 8:30 a.m. about reports of gunfire in the area. Citing police, the outlet reported that another 911 call came in from Vallerga Jr., who allegedly said he was the one firing a weapon and warned police that he set up traps around the house.\n<\/p>\n Sacramento County Sheriff’s spokesperson Sgt. Edward Igoe told KCRA that responding police then launched a drone \u201cinto the residence and it was discovered that there was one male subject that appeared to be unresponsive down in the residence.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Officers then entered the home and found the woman and two children dead, Igoe told KCRA.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n “It’s always difficult,\u201d Igoe said, according to KCRA. \u201cA response to something of this magnitude is always extremely difficult. And honestly, as an agency, just our prayers are with friends and families of those involved today.\u201d<\/p>\n