PHOTOS: Five children, mother killed in Wilmington home

Carlos Wertt, left, and Beatrice Ramos pray for Jacob Rosalio near the Lupoe family’s Wilmington home. Rosalio said he was depressed over his own jobless situation, so those paying respects to the Lupoes decided to pray for him too.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Paying their respects, neighbors Jaime Armendariz and Rachel Lopez hug outside the Wilmington home where seven members of the Lupoe family died in a murder-suicide.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A makeshift memorial is being formed on the wall and sidewalk outside the Wilmington home where seven members of the Lupoe family died in a murder-suicide.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Josaline Gomez, 5, sits in front of the home on McFarland Avenue in Wilmington, not far from her own, where a family of seven was found slain.  (Lori Shepler/Los Angeles Times)

People gather for a prayer service and vigil in front of the Wilmington home where a family was slain.  (Lori Shepler/Los Angeles Times)

LAPD Capt. William P. Hayes, Councilwoman Janice Hahn and LAPD Capt. Kenneth Garner, from left, attend a community meeting at Holy Family Church in Wilmington to discuss the presumed murder/suicide of the Lupoe family. The event was sponsored by the Police Department and Hahn’s office.  (Christine Cotter/Los Angeles Times)

Eva Carreras, left, and Flor Martinez leave the home on McFarland Avenue in Wilmington where the entire family died. Carreras’ sister, Ana Lupoe was killed.  (Lori Shepler/Los Angeles Times)

A bystander weeps outside the Wilmington home where seven people, including five children, were found dead Tuesday.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

An unidentified man hugs Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn, whose district includes Wilmington, near the home where a family of seven was found dead.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Marcos Soto holds his girlfriend outside the Wilmington home where seven people were found dead.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A crime scene photographer records the scene in the frontyard of the McFarland Avenue home in Wilmington where a family of seven was found dead.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speaks to the media near the home where authorities say a man shot his wife and five children to death before killing himself.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles County coroners remove one of seven bodies found in a Wilmington home the 1000 block of McFarland Avenue.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD investigators gather outside a Wilmington house where seven people, including a woman and five children, were found dead.

Story: 5 children, mother fatally shot in Wilmington  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD officers stand outside the shooting site, a house on McFarland Avenue in the Wilmington neighborhood.

Story: 5 children, mother fatally shot in Wilmington  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A little boy holds the door open for LAPD officers two houses away from the house where seven people, including a woman and her five children, were found dead.

Story: 5 children, mother fatally shot in Wilmington  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

An LAPD Crisis Response Team helps an unidentified woman outside the Wilmington house where seven people were found dead.

Story: 5 children, mother fatally shot in Wilmington  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

An unidentified woman carrying belongings is led away by LAPD officers two houses from the site of the shooting.

Story: 5 children, mother fatally shot in Wilmington  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)