Authorities are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after four people, including two children, were found dead at a home in southwestern Alabama.

Investigators believe Kenneth Smith Jr., 44, shot his wife, Larrica Gaines Smith, 41, and their two children, Kristian Smith, 14, and Kensley Smith, 11, then turned the gun on himself – Capt. Daniel Steelman of the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in an email to USA TODAY Aug. 17. He noted that the investigation is still ongoing.

"It’s as tragic as it comes," Baldwin County Sheriff Anthony Lowery said in a news conference carried by Mobile Fox affiliate WALA .

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that four people were found dead from "apparent gunshot wounds" in the Daphne home on Aug. 14.

"There seems lik

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