Six Dead in Virginia Murder-Suicide

Six people are dead following an apparent murder-suicide in Chesapeake, Virginia. 

Police were called to a home Wednesday afternoon on a welfare check. 

When authorities arrived, they found a body inside the home. 

Further investigation led them to another home a few blocks away. 

Police encountered an armed person who refused to come out of the house. 

Authorities attempted to negotiate with the person..but after several hours they entered the home and found five people dead, including the armed person. 

Police say all six people who died were believed to be family members.