Six people, including two children and the shooter, Bryan Sweatt, were found dead inside a Greenwood County, South Carolina home on Tuesday night, CNN reported. A 911 call made by Sweatt was made just moments before the shooting.
The 27-year-old Sweatt told a police dispatcher that he was "stressed out," and was about to kill himself. He told the dispatcher that he had a .44 magnum gun with him. The phone lline went dead afterward.
Police said that Sweatt broke into his girlfriend's parents' house on Tuesday and waited for them to come home, The Associated Press reported. Sweatt later murdered his girflfriend, her parents and two children living there, before committing suicide, said Greenwood County Sheriff Tony Davis said.
The victims were identified as 51-year-old Richard Fields and his 49-year-old wife Melissa Fields; their daughter 26-year-old Chandra Fields and two of the couple's grandchildren who lived with them, 9-year-old William Robinson and 11-year-old Tariq Robinson were also killed, news reports said.
"Once you see a horrific scene like this it never leaves you. It's with you day in and day out," said Davis.
Sweatt reportedly had been in custody fight with Chandra Fields over their 7-month-old daughter, who was unharmed. Sweatt also was facing a burglary charge that may have put him in prison, news reports said.
