The bodies of four people were discovered early Thursday in a Pittsburg home, the apparent victims of a murder-suicide, according to the Pittsburg Police Department.

Pittsburg police Lt. Ron Raman said police got a call around 4 a.m. from a man who said he had hurt his family members and was going to kill himself.

Officers arrived at the home at 252 Jack London Court within minutes but didn't enter the home right away.

"We did not know what the mindset of this individual was," Raman said. "We didn't want to put officers at risk."     Officers staked out the home and tried unsuccessfully to make contact with the man on his cellphone, Raman said.

Finally, at about 9 a.m., they entered the home and found the suspected shooter, a 39-year-old man, dead, Raman said.     They also found the bodies of a 36-year-old woman, a 73-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, Raman said.

Two bodies were found in one bedroom and two in another, he said. 

The names of the deceased have not yet been released because authorities are still contacting family members. Police have not disclosed the relationship between the suspect and the victims.

Raman said the suspect had posted something on Facebook indicating that he was thinking of killing himself because of financial problems.

"Our initial investigation tells us he was suffering from severe financial obligations and as a result ended up shooting himself," Raman said.

Raman said the man had multiple jobs, and had switched jobs several times recently.

This afternoon, the gray-and-white two-story home was cordoned off with crime scene tape, and police were searching a red Dodge Durango parked in the driveway.

Animal services personnel were taking a cat away in a cage, and Raman said three dogs also lived at the home.

Neighbor Francine Skedsmo, who said she has lived across the street from 252 Jack London Court for 12 years, knew the suspect and the victims.

"I didn't know they had any problems," she said.

She said the shooter and the 36-year-old woman were husband and wife, and the older couple were the parents of one of them.

She said that they had recently thrown a Halloween party with a trampoline in the yard, and had been giving out candy to trick-or-treaters.

Raman said no children lived at the home.

Skedsmo said she and the suspect's wife had thrown block parties together for the past four years in an effort to get to know their neighbors.

She said she chatted with the suspect a few weeks ago about homes on the block that were in foreclosure, and that he was seemed upset about that.

"They were a wonderful couple," she said. "I'm shocked that this happened."