BRIDGETON • A man who killed his wife, two of their adult children and himself at home here last weekend suffered from paranoia and depression, a relative told police.

Police said Thomas P. Comer, 73, committed suicide after fatally shooting his wife, Carole Comer, 71; their son John M. Comer, 50; and their daughter Rebecca Kelleher, 45. All four lived in the house in the 3600 block of Harmann Estates Court. The bodies were discovered July 30.

Thomas Comer had gone to a doctor just the day before, to have his medication adjusted, according to a police report made public Friday.

That information was provided to police by a daughter from Ohio, who was here for a visit and had been at the home July 29. No one answered the door or cellphones when she returned the next morning.