the woman's husband 377-year-old carlton goodwin seen on the twitter page was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. upstairs they found the daughter laila dead in a bathroom where she had run for safety. their 17-year-old daughter lashelle. she, too, would soon die. >> i just pray for her mother. brad: the mother is expected to survive after the sheriff's office and even after all these hours has no carlton goodwin snapped. >> it's not clear at this point. brad: the 17-year-old lashelle was a junior in waldorf. honor student and member of the it's academic team. this afternoon her principal and vice principal explained they had to break the news to the teen's friends and are themselves struggling with the tragedy. >> we do get attached to the children. it's like losing a piece of yourself. brad: it wasn't just for her. she said they brought lashelle's close friends in for a meeting at school. they were so upset, many of them had to leave for the day. the police still trying to figure out exactly why this happened. one source telling us one of the things they are looking at is perhaps

carlton goodwin was home when he shot and killed his 4 year old daughter upstairs. he then shot his 17 year old daughter in the bathroom and shot his wife before turning the gun on himself. neighbors say they're at a loss for words and left with so many questions. >> i thought everything was good good. i don't understand. >> it makes you wonder was he shows signs of this before? could this have been avoided. >> the wife and mother is only one who survived and is hospitalized. sheriffs detectives say there is no known motive. >>> a family of seven barely escaped an early morning fire. neighbors say they saw 25-foot flames on ram rod road. the fire department says a cigarette is to blame. parents and young children had to jump from windows to escape. all are expected to be okay. neighbors are concerned because there are no fire hydrants on the street there are no fire hydrants at all. there is a water access point to the reservoir about quarter mile away. but stopping what you are doing and taking the pumper truck and loading up and coming back, that takes critical ti

. >> sheriff officials tell us her father, carlton goodwin shot and killed her at their home in an upstairsedroom. police say he also killed his 17-year-old daughter. leshell, shaot his wife katrina and killed himself. >> and never showed me any signs he was not a smoker. not a drinker. you know? none of that. you know what i am saying? a good person. >> leila's mother survived. she is in serious condition at a hospital. >> i asked my daughter what happened. she said, she don't know what happened. goodwin has no criminal record, no history of domestic violence, that the charles county share riff's office can find. her teachers also went to know why this happened? >> i had seen conversations, conferences. never think he would do anything like that. >> they remember leila, a smart girl, who liked the playground and spending time with grandpa. >> just a joy to me. you know? >> so sad. imagination early learning center plans to honor leila with her dip, putting it on the wall. she was skej wumed to graduate may 26th of this year. they say that they're going to keep it here so people can remembe

carlton goodwin shot and killed his daughters and turned the gun on his wife before he shot himself. they say the children's death had a devastating loss. >> never like to see anybody -- layla was just array of sunshine. so happy. >> tonight vigil took place at imaginations early learning centers. layla was a student. another vigil wednesday in hyattsville. >>> at 10:00, a father of three gunned down in his dc home. 27 years after his murder, police can't crack the case. we sit down with the victim's sister and hear from a detective who says he's haunted by the crime >> pushing back against false information about missing teens in the district. the national center for missing and exploited children is weighing in. make sure you stick around. >>> the fall-out over the failure to repeal and replace obamacare. the white house might not be done with healthcare reform just yet. we'll be back. yet. norman rich, a father of three found shot and killed inside his dc home. body discovered by the mother of his children. >> police questioned people. came up with potential suspects. none of the

make sense. 37-year-old carlton goodwin shot and killed lachelle and daughter laila before taking his own life. >> i pray that she gets through this. this is very sad to lose two kids. >> reporter: today at thomas stone high school, administrators tried to help classmates cope with the unthinkable. >> we had our pupil personnel worker as well as our high school resource teacher to follow lachelle's schedule and go to each one of her classes at the time she would be in there and to facilitate discussions about the fond memory that is the students had of her. >> reporter: she played volleyball, was on honor roll and had a bright future, a future taken unexpectedly by the man she trusted most. >> she had dreams of being a graphic designer. students said you could find her >> reporter: there is no one to prosecutor in this case, but the charles county sheriff's office wants to find a motive. coming up, why that is so important and what they've learned so far. >>> we would like to remind you that nbc 4 is committed to raising awareness about domestic violence and solutions in our area. you

charles country sheriff office says carlton goodwin shot and killed his daughter. and he wounded his wife before he turned the gun on >> she never liked to see anybody in a bad mood or anything. she wanted everybody happy. layla was a ball of sunshine. so eper jetic and happy. >> another vigil is set for tomorrow night at northwest high school in hyattsville. >>> mess are looking for this woman. they say she posed as a target store employee and got in a stockroom and walked out with more than $40,000 woman of iphones on march 15 at the target on richmond highway and fairfax county and we're told the woman is not affiliated with the store and appeared to note the store's pro he'd seed you're. employee hours and locations of iphone s in the stockroom. >> d.c. police need help tracking down this man accused of holding up 7/11, twelfth street one week o he grabbed cash from the recommendster and ran off. he put a mask on so surveillance got a good look at him. >> hundreds gaermer calling for funding for hiv treatment. it will highlight concerns around hiv care under re

inside they found the body of 37-year-old carlton goodwin. this is him in the twitter picture. he had killed himself. up stairs they found 4-year-old laila goodwin and in a bathroom 17-year-old lashelle goodwin suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. she died a short time later. at this point, investigators have found no motive and are unaware of a history of problems in the home. >> we did a cursorary search in the data base and we haven't found we responded to any calls. brad: when we come back at 5:00, we will tell you more about the 17-year-old girl who died here in this community last night. we talked to her vice president and a friend from high school. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. the tennessee school bus driver who was driving a bus that hit a tree killing six kids appeared in court today. johnthony walker pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter charges. authorities said walker was speeding in november when he swerved in the tree. there were 37 kids on board. several children were injured, too. walker was also charged with using an electronic device whil

neighbor britney, the loss of her classmate 17-year-old lachelle goodwin make sense. 37-year-old carlton goodwin shot and killed lachelle and daughter laila before taking his own life. >> i pray that she gets through this. this is very sad to lose two kids. >> reporter: today at thomas stone high school, administrators tried to help classmates cope with the unthinkable. >> we had our pupil personnel worker as well as our high school resource teacher to follow lachelle's schedule and go to each one of her classes at the time she would be in there and to facilitate discussions about the fond memory that is the students had of her. >> reporter: she played volleyball, was on honor roll and had a bright future, a future taken unexpectedly by the man she trusted most. >> she had dreams of being a graphic designer. students said you could find her