New Mexico State Police were called to the scene of a quadruple homicide in Belen, where a 16-year-old boy claimed that he killed his family.

A 16-year-old New Mexico boy killed his family in a quadruple homicide, then turned himself into police early Saturday, authorities said. Diego Leyva was booked at the traumatic scene in Belen, New Mexico, state police said in a Facebook post. The four victims were not publicly identified.

Authorities say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the deaths of four family members in a rural area southeast of Belen