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PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the deaths of four people near Puyallup.

Deputies found a man and woman dead after responding to a home on Eastwood Avenue East for a welfare check around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday. When they got a warrant to search the rest of the home, they discovered two more adults dead, according to Dep. Carly Cappetto.

Hours after the police tape went up, Cappetto explained investigators believe there’s no additional threat to the public.

“We’re not looking for any suspects at this time. We don’t have anybody outstanding or any person of interest that we’re looking for, so we do feel the scene is contained to this home,” Cappetto told KOMO News.

It’s unclear how long the four bodies had been in the home. The PCSO was at the residence a few days earlier for what would have been the first welfare check, but the agency didn’t have enough information at the time to enter, Dep. Cappetto clarified.

This is expected to be an in-depth investigation involving forensics to piece together what led to the tragedy, as well as what injuries they may have sustained. The PCSO said it’s too soon to know whether this could be a homicide, and the agency has ruled out carbon monoxide poisoning as a possible cause of death.

“Our detectives are even trying to make sense of that. The fact we don’t even have genders or ages to reveal at this time puts an understanding of what they’re dealing with right now,” Dep. Cappetto added.

The agency expects crews would need to process the scene overnight.

With the sound of popping fireworks overhead and many people looking forward to 2025, Dep. Cappetto noted one stark reminder in light of what happened here.

“The holidays aren’t always a happy time for everybody and we should be checking on our loved ones and our family members and ensuring that everyone is safe,” she stated.

The PCSO did not say whether investigators recovered any weapons, or how the four people knew each other.