L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau detectives are investigating a pair of shooting deaths believed to be a murder-suicide involving a Val Verde family.
Deputy Robert Jensen, spokesman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, said the station received a call around 6:32 p.m. Sunday to a single-family home in the 28800 block of Paradise Road, with the informant, who was not identified, reporting a father had injured himself and his son.
Homicide officials declined to confirm the specifics of the familial relationship, but Lt. Patricia Thomas confirmed that the three gunshot victims in the incident, two Hispanic males and a Hispanic female, were all related.
The person on the scene flagged deputies and indicated there had been a shooting. The person’s relationship to the victims was not indicated in the initial report.
L.A. County Fire Department officials Monday confirmed they were dispatched to the scene at 6:40 p.m., arrived at 6:53 p.m. and one person, identified as a female Hispanic, was taken to the hospital at 7:10 p.m. Her condition is not known as of the publication of this story.
SCV Sheriff’s Station officials confirmed that homicide detectives are investigating two decedents, but no arrests were reported and there were believed to be no outstanding suspects.
Thomas said a handgun that was believed to have been used in the shootings was recovered at the scene.
The names of the two killed have not yet been released pending the next-of-kin notification, nor has the surviving victim’s name been released.
Anyone with information about this incident can contact the Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
Domestic violence has been a rising problem for Sheriff’s Department officials, according to LASD data and recent statements from the station.
Anyone seeking help or information about free or low-cost local mental health care resources can contact bethedifferenceSCV.org.
