Crime & Safety
Updated: Death of Three Elderly Hacienda Heights Residents Called 'Possible Murder-Suicide'
The shooting was reported shortly before 9 a.m. today.
Updated 5:38 p.m. 5-1-13
Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a man and two women found at a home in the 15900 block of Ladysmith Street in Hacienda Heights.
Investigators have found one handgun and one shotgun on the scene, according to a news release. Industry deputies responding to the call found two women, ages 80 and 62, dead at the scene.
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An 84-year-old man was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. All three died of gunshot wounds.
The man and the 80-year-old woman were husband and wife and the 62-year-old woman was their daughter-in-law, authorities said.
"The male shot the two women before shooting himself in an apparent murder-suicide," said Deputy Kim Manatt in a news release. "There is no known motive at this time."
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Updated 4:20 p.m. 5-1-13
A married couple in their 70s and the wife's mother died today in what was being investigated as a possible murder-suicide at a Hacienda Heights home.
Sheriff's deputies responded around 9 a.m. to the home in the 15900 block of Ladysmith Street, according to sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht.
Officials told KCAL9 that a 911 call had been placed by a man inside the house claiming there were gunshot victims at the home.
Investigators found the bodies of two women who had been shot inside the home, while a man was found in the backyard with a gunshot wound, according to sheriff's officials.
The man died on the way to a hospital. Two weapons were recovered in the backyard.
Sheriff's Capt. Tim Murakami told Channel 9 one of the women was found in a bedroom, and the other was found in a family room.
The dead were a married couple in their 70s and the woman's mother, who was in her 90s and used a wheelchair, according to KCAL.
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Three people were fatally shot today in Hacienda Heights.
The shooting was reported shortly before 9 a.m. in the 15900 block of Ladysmith Street, said sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht.
Sheriff's Capt. Tim Murakami told ABC7 that two "elderly females" died at the scene and an "elderly male" who had suffered a gunshot wound died on the way to a hospital.
The ages of the dead ranged from 70 to 90, Channel 7 reported.
