CLEVELAND — Police searched today for a newlywed suspected of killing his wife, his sister-in-law and three young children in one of the city's most horrific shootings in years.

The victims were found Thursday night on the top floor of a two-family home on the city's west side, police said.

Authorities said they were searching for 33-year-old Davon Crawford, whose wife, Lechea Crawford, 30, was among those killed.

Police identified the other victims as Lechea Crawford's sister Rose Stevens, 25, and her three children: Destiny Woods, 4; and 2-year-old twins Dion and Davion Primm. Another child was being treated at MetroHealth Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Susan Christopher said.

Authorities had previously said the victims were one woman and four children; there was no immediate explanation today for the discrepancy.

A police helicopter assisted in the search and authorities were checking transit system buses.

Crawford served almost five years in prison for voluntary manslaughter, according to prison records. He was released in 2000, returned to prison on a felonious assault conviction and released again in 2007.

"It didn't seem anything was wrong or anything like that," said Crawford's cousin, India Cobb. "He just got married ... He just had a baby girl. I don't understand what went wrong. I don't know what happened. I'm still trying to find out myself."

By The Associated Press