Tuesday, October 26, 2010

San Bernardino, CA: Police: SB man shoots, kills wife

A man shot and killed his 17-year-old wife during an argument Sunday evening in San Bernardino, police said.

Alejandro Villalobos came to see his wife in the 1100 block of West 11th Street at 7:18 p.m. The couple, who had been separated about a month, got into a fight, police said.

"There's some type of dispute that goes on between the two of them, and stemming from that, he pulls out a handgun and shoots her several times," Lt. Jarrod Burguan said.

Villalobos fired four to five shots, striking his wife, Tannia Villalobos, at least twice in the upper body.

Several people were inside the house at the time of the shooting, but none of them was wounded.

Police arrived and found Villalobos standing outside the house. The gun had been thrown on the roof.

"Our officers found it during a search," Burguan said.

Villalobos, 20, was arrested on suspicion of murder. Police booked him into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

Tannia Villalobos died at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton at 7:55 p.m., San Bernardino County coroner's officials said.

Police said the couple have a 1-year-old daughter.

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