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

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. Danielle Arruda was seven months pregnant with the couple's third child,

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

As the biological father of a young woman who died by suicide in Henderson expressed anger about the circumstances of his daughter's untimely death, the 8 News Now Investigators researched laws surrounding gun storage.