An Alabama man is accused of fatally shooting his wife and four children inside their home overnight, according to officials with the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Alabama District Attorney’s Office.

Brandon Allan Kendrick II, 32, is facing five counts of capital murder. The charges are four counts of capital murder of a child under the age of 14, and one count of capital murder in the slayings of two or more people in one act.

He was booked into the Bibb County Jail shortly before 3:30 a.m. Friday.

Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade said they received a 911 call at 8:18 p.m. about a child that had been shot on Greentree Drive area of Bibb County.

They arrived to find five people shot - including four children under the age of 10. Officials say two of the young victims were the suspect’s children and two were a nephew and niece.

Alabama State Trooper Cpl. Reginal King said the child victims were ages 2, 6 and 9. Two of the children were 6 years old.

Three of the children were dead on the scene. The wife and another child were airlifted to Birmingham hospitals where they later died.