FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, file photo, a body is carried out on a gurney at the home where two adults and three children died from gunshot wounds during a domestic violence murder-suicide in the Paradise Hills area of San Diego. Family members say a 9-year-old San Diego boy who survived the apparent murder-suicide that left his parents and three brothers dead, died Saturday, Nov. 24. (Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Tribune via AP, File)

Boy dies after San Diego father killed mother, brothers

SAN DIEGO – The only child to survive his family’s murder-suicide has died after his mother and three brothers were killed by his father.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that 9-year-old Ezekiel Valdivia was on life support since the Nov. 16 shooting and was pronounced dead on Saturday.

The boy’s uncle Karl Albright told The Union-Tribune of his nephew’s death.

Police have said 31-year-old Jose Valdivia killed 29-year-old Sabrina Rosario during an argument — one day after she’d obtained a restraining order against him amid a divorce.

Police say he also killed 3-year-old Enzi Valdivia; 5-year-old Zuriel Valdivia and 11-year-old Zeth Valdivia before taking his own life.

Court records say he sent his estranged wife a photo of a handgun and the warning: “it’s sure happening.”

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