Thursday, January 12, 2012

Vacaville, CA: Murder-suicide shakes quiet Solano neighborhood

VACAVILLE -- Authorities are investigating a shooting that rocked a quiet neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, leaving two dead inside a vehicle parked in front of a home in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
The two unidentified subjects, a 47-year-old man and 40-year-old woman, were found sitting inside a silver Chevy Avalanche parked in the 100 block of Arroyo Court off Leisure Town Road shortly before 2:53 p.m., police said.
The two were discovered by a neighbor who immediately called police. Officers arrived in the neighborhood where they found both individuals deceased after suffering fatal gunshot wounds, Quatman said.

Erik Mesick, 47, was identified by authorities as the gunman in the shooting that occurred just before 2:53 p.m. in the 100 block of Arroyo Court. Mesick was allegedly found dead in the driver's seat of his silver Chevrolet Avalanche parked on the street in front of his home. In the passenger seat was his girlfriend, Jerrica Chou, 40, of Vallejo, who had also suffered a fatal gunshot wound

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