Family and friends remembered them as a loving, hard-working family.

Clarence Washington, 35, was a plant worker by day and a school custodian by night. His wife, Shauna, 35, was preparing to start a new job while taking classes.

Their eldest child, Omesha, 13, played middle school basketball. Onya, 6, was preparing for first grade. Olivia, 4, was ready to start preschool.

All five were shot to death inside their home just outside the town of Culpeper, Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins said Monday. Authorities described Clarence Washington as the likely shooter. Shauna Washington’s mother discovered the family Sunday evening about 10 p.m. after not hearing from them over the weekend, Jenkins said.

“After being concerned all day not knowing where the family was, she and others came to the home looking for them,” Jenkins said.

Clarence and Shauna Washington argued Saturday, the sheriff said. “It had gotten heated,” he said. He declined to elaborate.

Yellow crime scene tape marked the family’s 960-square-foot home on Rixeyville Road just north of the Ira Hoffman and Eggbornsville Road intersection.