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

BOYNTON BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office late Thursday told BocaNewsNow.com that it is now investigating a double-death in a West Boynton Beach nursing home as a murder-suicide. The deaths were first reported to PBSO on Monday.

Seattle police say a cryptic phone call helped them save two teenage girls who’d been kidnapped. The department says a 14-year-old called 911 around 1:30 Monday morning, pretending to order pizza, and told dispatch she couldn’t speak freely.

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.

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.

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.

West Greenwich police announced they will be providing an update Wednesday morning after four people were found dead inside a home last week.