6 People Dead in Apparent Porter Ranch Murder-Suicide

Porter Ranch Murder SuiciceAround 7:15 a.m. this morning, six people were found dead inside a gated community home in Porter Ranch, a neighborhood in the Northwest San Fernando Valley between Chatsworth and Granada Hills. LAPD detectives suspect that the incident at the 20600 block of Como Lane to be a murder-suicide with initial reports saying all victims were from one family.

"A Los Angeles Police Department source, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the case was under investigation, said the gunman apparently had financial problems and killed his mother, wife and three children before taking his own life," reported the LA Times.

A press conference to announce further details has been set for 12:30 p.m. this afternoon.

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Respect to the family and friends...

Geez. I heard about things like this happening during The Depression! I'm nervous enough about the state of the economy, but when someone with an advanced degree in finance does this "whoa!"

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