Family Found Dead in Gated SoCal Community

(AP)  Several family members were found dead in a home Monday in an upscale gated community in San Clemente, in Southern California, authorities said.

Orange County sheriff's deputies were called to the rented home at about 1:30 p.m. for a domestic dispute, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

The owner asked deputies to check in on the family because he felt like "something just wasn't right," Amormino told the Orange County Register.

Deputies arrived to find several bodies lying next to one another in a hallway, he told the Register. All the victims were from the same family.

Officials would not provide further details or identify the victims until they locate and notify other family members.

There were no survivors and no outstanding suspects, Amormino said.

Coroner's officials wheeled a gurney with a tiny body bag into one of two vans, according to the Register. Homicide detectives scoured the home looking for clues to what might have happened.

Amormino would not say how the family members died or what kind of weapon was used.

San Clemente is about halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego and has a population of roughly 65,000.

[winchester70]

El Buitre has landed.

[schoollord]

It was a murder/suicide. They were all shot and killed by the father. They were involved in a custody dispute. This is most likely another legal gun owner going berserk!~