Three Found Dead at Site of Fire

A man, woman and child were found dead today in or near a house gutted by fire, the man apparently the victim of a gunshot wound, authorities said. The woman’s and child’s deaths were fire-related, they said.

Authorities were at the scene in the Chatsworth section of the city following an 8:32 a.m. explosion which neighbors said preceded the fire at the home on the 22000 block of Michale Street. Police and firefighters refused to speculate, pending further investigation, as to whether the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide.