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SAN FRANCISCO -- Five people -- three females and two males -- were found dead in a home in San Francisco in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
The victims were shot to death, SFGate.com reported, citing police.
The bodies were found in an orange, two-story home in the first block of Howth Street, NBCBayArea.com reported. The area is near San Francisco's City College. Police said the public is not in any danger.
Police Chief Greg Suhr said a family member walked into the house shortly before 8 a.m. and discovered the bodies, SFGate.com reported. The dead were described as members of one family.
Suhr told SFGate.com that the female family member found one man shot to death in the foyer by the front door, found two more victims in the garage, a man and a woman, then ran out and called police.
Police said it was unclear who fired the shots, but they were not looking for any suspects at large.
This article includes reporting from NBCBayArea.com, msnbc.com staff and The Associated Press.
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