Wednesday, June 9, 2010

South Bay, CA: South Bay couple found dead

BY STAFF, CITY NEWS SERVICE
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

A man and woman were found shot to death in a South Bay home Tuesday in a suspected murder-suicide, authorities said.

A neighbor made a 911 call about 1 p.m. to report hearing gunfire from inside a small rental residence behind a house in the 900 block of Fifth Street in National City about 1 p.m.

Officers went to the flat and attempted in vain to make contact with any occupants, then called in crisis negotiators and a special weapons and tactics team, Assistant Chief Manny Rodriguez said.

As authorities continued trying to get a response from inside the home, officers cleared about 25 people out of a nearby apartment building and several adjacent houses.

About 3:45 p.m., members of the SWAT team forced entry to the studio flat and found the two unidentified dead people, Rodriguez said.

A pistol lay near the bodies, he said. Preliminary evidence at the scene suggested that the deaths are a case of murder-suicide, according to Rodriguez.



Read more: http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-06-08/local-county-news/south-bay-couple-found-dead#ixzz0qPNIxl00

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