A person was in essential situation after allegedly fatally capturing a girl in Lancaster early Sunday, then trying suicide, in line with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division.
The pair had been described solely as female and male Hispanic adults. The person confronted the girl in one other man’s Lancaster residence, in line with an announcement launched Sunday by the Sheriff’s Division. The suspect shot one spherical into the house; nobody was injured.
The suspect and the girl, “who’re believed to be an estranged couple,” in line with the division’s assertion, left the house collectively within the girl’s automobile. They bought into an argument and stopped the automobile at East Avenue H and Challenger Means in Lancaster.
About 12:30 a.m. Sunday, they stepped out of the automobile as they continued arguing. The suspect shot and killed the girl earlier than driving away in her automobile, leaving her physique behind, the assertion mentioned.
At 2:09 a.m., the suspect drove to Palmdale, the place he shot himself contained in the sufferer’s automobile outdoors the house of a member of her household, in line with the Sheriff’s Division.
The suspect was handled for an obvious gunshot wound at a close-by hospital. He was listed in essential situation, a sheriff’s spokesperson mentioned Sunday night. The spokesperson mentioned no extra details about the incident was being launched but, together with the identities of the suspect and the sufferer.
The Sheriff’s Division assertion mentioned murder investigators continued to analyze the incident.
The division urged anybody with details about the incident to name the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division Murder Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
