COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Three people were found dead Saturday afternoon in a home on the South Side. A friend of the victims called Columbus Police just before 4 p.m. to report a medical event at the home on the 1300 block of South Ohio Avenue. Police say the woman had gone to the home to check on her friends when she found them. All three of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Sgt. James Fuqua said this is a homicide investigation, and there is an active search for a suspect in the investigation. "It's unfortunate when someone loses their life, but particularly this time of year, during the holidays, it's going to be very difficult for all of these victims' families to come to grips with that unfortunately,” Fuqua said. “These family members will no longer be in their lives."     The scene on South Ohio Ave was filled with multiple units of Columbus police cars and Fuqua said officers were working with detectives and canvasing the area for video evidence. "You see the amount of detectives we have back here that's going to work tirelessly to determine who did this heinous crime and bring justice to the family of these victims." Fuqua said. Fuqua said officers were working with witnesses and canvasing the area for video evidence. While the incident was originally reported as a shooting, Fuqua said police are working on a manner of death to determine what happened. Some members of the community like Jeff Frentz said he has never seen something like this.       "Other than car accidents, a couple of those out here, but nothing this traumatic. So, yeah, that's kind of a shocker,” Frentz said. “It's unfortunate whoever got hurt or got killed, they got families, they got mothers and fathers."     Fuqua said the investigation is expected to last much of Saturday evening due to the number of victims and the complexity of the scene. "There's so many moving parts because investigators obviously aren't sure exactly of everything,” Fuqua said. “So they want to make sure they have a full picture in their head of what actually happened to piece these things together. So that's what makes it so particularly complicated."