SEATTLE — Two adults and two children are dead after an early morning shooting and house fire in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood.

Seattle Police Department (SPD) responded to a home in the 1000 block of N 48th St. and Whitman Ave after receiving reports of a shooting from a call from an 11-year-old at 8:41 a.m. Fire crews were dispatched at 8:45 a.m. to the same address for a house fire.

According to SPD Chief Diaz, officers were responding to a homicide call.

When officers arrived, the home was found engulfed in flames. Officials said that firefighters on scene reported flames visible from the front door. Seattle police officials said when they tried to initially enter the home, the doorways were barricaded.

"We do know that the front door was barricaded with some sort of object that officers were trying to kick down to try and open up the front door," said Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz.

As of 9:39 a.m., the exterior fire was under control, according to Seattle Fire Department (SFD). Crews are coordinating with SPD to find a way to enter the home and investigate both the fire and shooting.

According to SFD, one person was found dead at the front of the house and another was found dead at the back of the house. An infant, child, and dog were also found dead. Officials are still working to find out if the fire was the cause of death.

Chief Diaz said one of their priorities is also making sure that the 11-year-old survivor gets the resources they need.

"It's traumatizing for anybody to potentially call 911 and say that, you know, they're there, potentially, somebody's deceased inside the house. So whatever that child is, there's going to be also making sure that they have the resources and services just to talk to people," said Diaz.

The ages of the dead are also unknown.

Richard Arnhold, who lives across the street, said he knew the family who lived there fairly well.

“I know they moved here a couple of years and they and the kids were very friendly. Karen (Richard’s family member) one time was in the hospital, and they invited me over there for dinner."

Arnhold mentioned that the man had moved from the Midwest and that he’d been a chef and barber. Arnhold said the man was working in construction while the family lived in Seattle.

“Almost every day they’re out. The kids are outside. They’d always come over and say hi. They’d pet the dog when I was walking the dog. I would walk the dog.”

He said the woman was a stay-at-home mom, and they had an infant and mentioned the couple was in their 30s.

“It’s very sad,” Arnhold said. “We were supposed to in the next couple of weeks go out to dinner. I’m still processing it.”

Arnhold is like many trying to figure out what exactly led up to this.

“I know the last time I talked to the father, he said he was having trouble. But I didn’t know what his trouble was.”