Rodeo Alleged Murder-Suicide Victims Identified: Police

UPDATED 11:25AM-

Two people who died Wednesday in a possible murder-suicide in unincorporated Rodeo were identified Thursday by a Contra Costa County sheriff's spokesman.

Pansy Thongban, 28, of Rodeo, and Saan Saeyang, 30, of Hercules, both died at the scene of a shooting that occurred around 2:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Sandy Cove Drive, sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.

Thongban, who was described as the murder victim and is believed to have been Saeyang's girlfriend, was found by deputies suffering a gunshot wound in the driver's seat of a vehicle, according to the sheriff's office.

Saeyang was on the street near the car, apparently suffering from a single gunshot wound, sheriff's officials said.

A handgun was found close by.

-Bay City News

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RODEO - A shooting that left two dead Wednesday afternoon in unincorporated Rodeo is being investigated as a murder-suicide, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.

The shooting occurred around 2:30 p.m. in the 800 block of Sandy Cove Drive, sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.

Responding deputies found a female victim suffering from gunshot wounds in the driver's seat of a vehicle.

A man was on the street near the car, apparently suffering from a single gunshot wound, and a handgun was found close by.

Shortly after 3:30 p.m., the sheriff's office announced on Twitter that the shooting left two dead.

The decedents are believed to have been "in a dating relationship," according to deputies.

No other information about the case was immediately available.

-Bay City News; embed, image via Contra Costa Sheriff