GILROY — A person shot and killed a member of the family earlier than fatally capturing himself Sunday in unincorporated Gilroy, in keeping with authorities
When deputies arrived on the scene, witnesses advised them a member of the family had shot a 68-year-old man after which barricaded himself contained in the storage, in keeping with Jarosz.
Deputies entered the house and found the sufferer had been fatally shot, Jarosz mentioned.
Close by houses had been evacuated as deputies tried to achieve the suspect, in keeping with Jarosz.
“Over the course of more than eight hours, numerous announcements and phone calls were made in the hopes of persuading the suspect to surrender,” Jarosz mentioned within the launch.
Deputies used a drone to seek out the suspect contained in the storage with what seemed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in keeping with Jarosz.
The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Workplace will launch the identities of the sufferer and the suspect after they’re confirmed and their subsequent of kin is notified.
Detectives with the sheriff’s workplace’s Investigative Providers Division have taken over the crime scene, Jarosz mentioned, including that “this investigation remains active and ongoing.”
Examine again for updates.
