A West Greenwich family was killed as a result of a murder-suicide, the West Greenwich Police Department said on Wednesday.

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.

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.

WEST GREENWICH – A check into the welfare of a West Greenwich resident who had not shown up at work led to the discovery of four bodies at a home on Cheyenne Trail, each of them with gunshot wounds, the police said early Friday evening.

A man shot and killed his pregnant wife and their two children before he killed himself, according to authorities.

Four bodies found in West Greenwich nearly a week ago were determined to be a murder-suicide, according to law enforcement.

Police continue to investigate after a family was found dead in their West Greenwich home last week. President Biden stood next to Gov. Gavin Newsom and pledged full federal support as fires burned through Los Angeles County.