6 bodies found inside home on Chicago’s South Side

The victims were found in a home in the 5700 block of South California Avenue, police said.

Escalante declined to say how the people died, what weapons, if any, were found in the house or how long ago they may have been killed.

Interim police Superintendent John Escalante told reporters Thursday there is “no known threat” to the neighborhood.

Police arrived at the single-family brick home just after 1 p.m. They looked inside and saw one body, entered and found five more bodies.

Authorities are still working to identify the dead. “This is going to take some time because we want to be thorough and careful to collect as much evidence as we can”, Escalante said.

Fire Media Affairs explained there were firefighters at the scene, however, no one has been transported from the location, at this time.

Escalante said that all the victims had suffered trauma, but did not offer any specific details about the manner of death.

A man called police after he could not reach his family for several days, a source said.

At noon Wednesday, Williams said she knocked on her neighbors’ door because she noticed the grandfather’s van parked on the street, and was anxious it might be towed-the city was scheduled to do some street repairs, she said.