Prince William County police found four people shot to death inside a home in Woodbridge, Virginia, Monday afternoon.
Officers investigating a shooting about 4:30 p.m. entered the home in the 5200 block of Mansfield Court and found two men and two women suffering from gunshot wounds in different areas of the home, police said.
The four victims were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Police do not believe any children were present during the incident.
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Police detained a man and are questioning him as a person of interest. He has not been charged.
“Police officers are human beings,” Prince William County Chief of Police Peter Newsham said. “To go into a home like that and to see anyone that has died as a result of gunshot wounds is just traumatic … But they do it, they do their job, they do it all the time, and hats off to the officers to respond here, to get their wits about them, to be able to handle that trauma and then to be able to get a person of interest.”
The shootings were not random, police said, and it appears to be a domestic crime. It appears the shooter knew someone in the home.
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Police recovered a weapon, and there does not appear to be a threat to the community, police said.
Investigators are getting a search warrant to reenter the home, police said.
The scene remained active on Tuesday morning. Several investigators were seen outside the home, and at least one body was removed.
"I'm really shocked, because, like, this is a pretty safe neighborhood," one neighbor told News4. "Things like this don't really happen here."
Stay with News4 for more on this developing story.
