Thursday, November 24, 2011

La Puente, CA: 3 killed in shooting at La Puente home

LA PUENTE, Calif. -- Two men and a woman died in a Thanksgiving eve shooting at a suburban Los Angeles County home, in what authorities said was likely a murder-suicide carried out by the woman's ex-boyfriend.

Neighbors reported seeing a man drive up to the well-kept home in La Puenta on Wednesday and walk inside carrying a rifle, Councilman David Argudo said. Moments later, gunshots were heard.

Responding deputies found three bodies with gunshot wounds, Lt. Mary Leef said. The names of the victims were not immediately released.

Two residents of the home, a woman in her 50s and her boyfriend, were killed, Argudo said.

The other man found dead was believed to be the woman's ex-boyfriend, Argudo said. He is suspected of killing the couple and then fatally shooting himself.

Investigators were working to confirm whether it was a murder-suicide, Leef said, adding that there was no active search for a shooter. Family members and neighbors were being interviewed by homicide detectives.

The couple lived at the home with the woman's three grandchildren, who are between 3 and 5 years old. The children were home at the time of the shooting but were unharmed, Argudo said. They were taken away by deputies.

La Puente is about 25 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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