SAN JOSE, Calif. - San Jose police are investigating the shooting death of three people, a crime they’re characterizing as a murder-suicide, which ended up in the deaths of a couple and an apartment security guard who stepped in to help.
The deaths occurred Sunday about 1:30 a.m. in a part of the city not accustomed to violence: Crescent Village Apartments near Cisco Way and River Oaks Parkway.Police said a couple with six children were having a domestic dispute in the parking lot when the apartment security guard tried to intervene.
Police say the man fatally shot the guard, the woman and then turned the gun on himself. Police said the gun he used had a serial number scratched off, which is illegal in California.
None of those killed were immediately identified. A woman at the complex who didn’t want to be identified said she was watching a movie when she heard something unusual."But I thought it was like knocking or fireworks because this is a pretty safe neighborhood.