Man in stable condition in S.J. hospital
By LARRY PARSONS
Herald Staff Writer
Posted: 11/29/2011 01:27:38 AM PST
Updated: 11/29/2011 08:43:59 AM PST
A domestic dispute set off a double shooting Friday evening at a Marina motel that left a man hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds and a woman dead from a self-inflicted shot to the head, police said Monday.
The dead woman was identified as Kimberly Johnson, 26, of Shreveport, La., though she had been living recently in the Monterey Bay area.
Shortly before Johnson shot herself in a room at the Motel 6 at 100 Reservation Road, police had found her estranged partner, a 25-year-old man, lying in the motel parking lot.
The couple's two young boys, ages 1 and 5, were in the motel room at the time. They were immediately taken into protective custody. Police spokesman Lt. Rick Janicki said authorities were trying to get them placed with relatives.
The survivor was listed in stable condition Monday at a San Jose hospital. He was shot in the head and at least twice in the upper body, said Janicki.
It wasn't clear whether both of the adults were staying at the motel — or for how long — before the violence broke out. Police were called to the motel about 6:15p.m. on a report of gunshots.
Detectives picked up "bits and pieces" during their investigation leading them to believe "some sort of domestic dispute" provoked the attempted murder and suicide, Janicki said.
Police were withholding where the couple lived locally because of pending notifications, he said. They also wouldn't release information about the gun that was used.
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