A wellness check leads to a gruesome discovery: West Greenwich, R.I., family killed in triple-murder suicide
Police say Nicholas D. Arruda, 39, shot and killed his pregnant wife, Danielle, 39, and their two young children. “My brother committed the most cowardly despicable act one could perpetrate,” Arruda’s brother said.
Police say West Greenwich family was killed in murder-suicide
A West Greenwich family was killed as a result of a murder-suicide, the West Greenwich Police Department said on Wednesday.
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WEST GREENWICH − A 39-year-old West Greenwich man last week shot and killed his pregnant wife and his two children and then died by suicide, police said Wednesday morning. Nicholas Arruda shot and killed 39-year-old Danielle Arruda, their 5-year-old daughter and their 2-year-old son, according to West Greenwich Police Chief Richard N. Ramsay.
Six things to know about the triple-murder suicide in West Greenwich, R.I.
A man shot and killed his pregnant wife and their two children before he killed himself, according to authorities.
Police: West Greenwich man killed pregnant wife and two children in murder/suicide
According to West Greenwich police, Nicholas Arruda, 39, shot and killed Danielle Arruda, 39, Adele Arruda, 5, and Felix Arruda, 2, before turning the gun on himself. Danielle Arruda was seven months pregnant at the time of her death.
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Detectives went into and out of the house for hours, and officials eventually said that four people were found dead inside. The police chief says that this is one of the worst scenes he’s ever witnessed. “This is probably one of the worst scenes that I’ve had to deal with in this community,” said West Greenwich Police Chief Richard Ramsay.
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The threat of deadly force presented by Mr. Maclean was immediately apparent and imminent. As a result, mitigation or de-escalation tactics were not possible,” Quinn concluded.