UPDATED: Hemet Police Investigating 2 Deaths

A suspect was taken into custody Thursday in the shooting deaths of two people at a mobile home park in Hemet, KCAL9 reported.

“We have reason to believe the suspect is known to the victims,” Hemet Police Department Deputy Chief Rob Webb said before the KCAL9 report.

Police declined to elaborate on their investigation, but neighbors theorized that the suspect was a family member of the victims, described as a couple in their 60s.

According to Webb, officers were called to the Hemet West Mobile Estates at 5001 Florida Ave. around 8 a.m. to investigate reports of shots fired. The bodies were discovered in one of the mobile homes.

Webb urged anyone with information on the killings to call the police department at (951) 765-2400.

Police wouldn’t comment on a report by a witness who said he saw the suspect take off on a bicycle.

The victims’ names were being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.

“They were wonderful,” Patty Scarff, who described herself as a friend and neighbor of the victims, told ABC7.

“They were the nicest people in the world, involved in a lot of activities. She would decorate our little area on holidays with her ceramics, and he was active in a homeowners association and (played) golf.”

Two people were found dead Thursday at a mobile home park in Hemet, both apparently shot to death.

According to Hemet police, officers were called to the Hemet West Mobile Estates at 5001 Florida Ave. around 8 a.m. to investigate two deaths.

The identities of the victims were not immediately released, and it was unclear whether any suspects were being sought.

Police cordoned off a section of the mobile home park while crime scene investigators searched for evidence.

— City News Service.