Neighbors say a mother and three of her children — ranging in age from school-aged to young adulthood — lived in a modest, 1,000-square-foot home in the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood of Southeast Portland, where police say three people were fatally shot Saturday afternoon.

Police have said one male and two females died , but have not made public their identities or said anything more about the victims — including whether any were children.

Police said they responded at 5:05 p.m. to reports of a suicide in the 7300 block of Southeast 64th Avenue and found three people dead. Homicide detectives began investigating and neighbors said police left the neighborhood about nine hours later.

The deaths have deeply upset people living on the quiet street, where a few neighbors told The Or

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