Man Allegedly Kills Wife, Shoots Self in Attempted Murder-Suicide in Baldwin Park [UPDATED]

BALDWIN PARK, CA - A man accused of killing his wife and then turning the gun on himself Wednesday at the Baldwin Park market where she worked was hospitalized in critical condition.

Police responded at 8:14 a.m. to a call of gunshots fired at La Blanquita, 13810 Los Angeles St., said Baldwin Park police Lt. Chris Kuberry. They found the victim, who was in her 40s, dead near the checkout counter and her husband suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

There were other people in the store, but no one else was injured, Kuberry said.

A gun was recovered at the scene, police said.

La Blanquita customers told reporters that the woman was a cook at the store but was acting as the cashier at the time of the shooting.

Police withheld the names of the woman and her husband, but mourners who gathered outside the store said the El Monte couple were married for 20 years and had four children together but had recently become estranged.

Sheriff's homicide Lt. Joe Mendoza told reporters that the husband filed for a restraining order against his wife, but she had not yet been served. He did not have details on why the husband wanted a restraining order.

The shooting was being investigated by the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau in collaboration with Baldwin Park police.

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