Police say Nicholas D. Arruda, 39, shot and killed his pregnant wife, Danielle, 39, and their two young children. “My brother committed the most cowardly despicable act one could perpetrate,” Arruda’s brother said.

WEST GREENWICH − A 39-year-old West Greenwich man last week shot and killed his pregnant wife and his two children and then died by suicide, police said Wednesday morning. 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.

According to West Greenwich police, Nicholas Arruda, 39, shot and killed Danielle Arruda, 39, Adele Arruda, 5, and Felix Arruda, 2, before turning the gun on himself. Danielle Arruda was seven months pregnant at the time of her death.

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

Four bodies found in West Greenwich nearly a week ago were determined to be a murder-suicide, according to law enforcement.

Police believe a 39-year-old man shot and killed his pregnant wife and two young children before taking his own life.

Shiina LoSciuto reports from West Greenwich, where two adults and two children were found dead inside a home last week.