A woman and her uncle were killed in Santa Ana on Thursday, May 2, and the woman’s boyfriend was hospitalized with what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.
Santa Ana police responded to the 1200 block of East Chestnut Avenue about 4:25 p.m. after a woman called and said her boyfriend had stabbed both her and her uncle in a commercial-building unit just west of Grand Avenue, Officer Natalie Garcia said.
When officers arrived, they found all three with gunshot wounds to the upper body, Garcia said. The woman and her uncle died at the scene, while the woman’s boyfriend, a man, was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Police found a bloody spear at the scene
“We can’t say the spear was part of the crime or not, but it appears (the uncle) had either a collection of them or maybe he was possibly selling these edged weapons,” Garcia said, adding that the uncle apparently was living out of the unit.
What led to the violence was unknown.
The identities of the two homicide victims had not been released yet, with officials trying to notify relatives first.
Further information about the suspect was also not yet disclosed.
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