Orange County, CA: O.C. Man Shoots Wife In Face, Kills Himself

Police say Joseph Jacobo shot his wife in the face and then turned the gun on himself.
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This home in Orange was the scene of a deadly domestic dispute Sunday night. Today, contractors were seen cleaning up the crime scene here on the 1600 block of north Fern Street.

Police say the man who lived inside was 43 year old Joseph Jacobo. Investigators say Jacobo got in an argument with his wife.

The 9-year old daughter called 911. And that's when dispatchers heard gunshots.

"There was cops everywhere, they said to get back in the house. There were shots fired and so we ran back inside," says a neighbor named Misty.

Misty lives across the street. She didn't want to show her face, but she said the commotion lasted for several hours.

"Police officers kept coming through the backyard and kind of stationing themselves on the roof and other places," said Misty.

Jacobo's wife and his two children were able to escape through a side gate. SWAT officers entered the home around 3 and found Jacobo dead from a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

"When I found out it was domestic, which was this morning, I was surprised, really surprised," says neighbor Valerie Naef.

Some neighbors told us, the couple didn't create any problems in the community. Police say they weren't aware of any previous disturbance calls to the house.

"It's just a really quiet, everybody knows everybody type neighborhood. Just a really nice neighborhood," says Naef.

The two children, ages 5 and 9, are staying with relatives.

Jacobo's wife is still recovering from the gunshot wounds to her face and her arm.

Police say she's in stable condition and it's not known when she'll be released form the hospital.

In Orange, I'm Melissa Mecija reporting for cbs2.com.