SELMA, Calif. (AP) — News of a murder-suicide that left four family members dead raced through a tight-knit Indian community in a small California agricultural town, as police tried to determine why a former Indian army officer opened fire on his family before killing himself.

Authorities said Avtar Singh — wanted for years for murder in his homeland — shot his wife and two children and gravely wounded a third child early Saturday before turning the gun on himself.