Police investigating murder-suicide in home near 16th Street and Dobbins Road

PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating after a man allegedly killed a pregnant woman and his son before shooting himself in a Phoenix home Tuesday morning.

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Phoenix police say officers responded to the home just before 11 a.m. after a welfare check was called in.

27-year-old Jacob De Zeeuw, 37-year-old Sarah Scott, and 6-year-old Jacob De Zeeuw, Jr., were found dead at the home. Police say Scott was four months pregnant.

Neighbors in the area tell ABC15 the people who lived in the home kept to themselves often.

John Canisales, who lived nearby for more than 30 years, says the neighborhood is usually peaceful. He saw something was wrong when he looked at his surveillance camera around 11 a.m. and saw police cars speeding by.

While Canisales did not personally know them, he said he would see them occasionally as they drove down the street and added they were usually friendly.

“We wave at each other. I acknowledge her coming up the street because I was working at the yard. Just thinking that that’s the last thing you saw, it’s heartbreaking,” he said.

Canisales said he has grandchildren of his own, and to know that a young boy may be involved is devastating.

“This is too ugly. It shouldn’t happen. Especially a little boy, he was innocent. He’s got nothing to do with it,” he said.

This is a developing story. Stay with abc15.com for the latest information.