Bloomington House Fire That Left Family of 4 Dead Being Investigated as Murder-Suicide: Sheriff's Dept.

Deputies and fire personnel responded to a report of a residential fire in the 17000 block of Santa Ana Avenue in Blooming about 7:35 a.m. Wednesday, according to a sheriff's news release.

Fire crews extinguished the flames and went into the home, where they immediately found a woman unresponsive in the front of the residence. She was taken to a local hospital where she died a short time later.

As they moved further into the home, they found a man a child dead inside a bedroom. A second child was later found deceased in the bedroom amid the ongoing investigation.

Detectives are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide, according to the Sheriff's Department.

They believe Eric Gonzalez, 48, shot his wife and two daughters before shooting himself; investigator suspect the fire was also intentionally set, the release stated.

The victims have been identified as: Karina Gonzalez, 35; Priscilla Gonzalez, 8; and Beatrice Gonzalez, 6.

The family had lived in the home for about 15 years, according to neighbors and relatives. The woman's brother, Manuel Salinas, told KTLA Wednesday that his sister was a hard-working mother.

"She was a nice person, she was motivated," Salinas said of Karina Gonzalez. "She had her two kid, she used to work a lot."