4 dead in Sacramento home; suspect detained

— Police said they found four people dead in a Sacramento home early Thursday, and the mayor’s office said at least two are children.

A suspect likely known to the victims was being held in San Francisco, said Sacramento police spokesman Sgt. Bryce Heinlein.

The four victims were found when police broke into the home after a relative reported that something might be wrong.

Police were not immediately identifying the victims, including their genders and ages, Heinlein said.

Kelly Fong Rivas, a deputy chief of staff for Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, said police told officials that two were children but had not provided other details.

Steinberg called the crime horrifying and extremely tragic in a statement praising police for quickly making an arrest.

The single-story beige home with sculpted shrubbery has a basketball hoop set up in a driveway that police blocked off with yellow crime scene tape.

It was unclear when the victims were killed, Heinlein said.