Crime & Safety
Rodeo Murder-Suicide Details: Couple Believed to Be in a Relationship
Contra Costa Sheriff's officals have released more details about a man and woman found shot in Rodeo Wednesday afternoon.
RODEO, CA- A shooting that left two dead this 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.
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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.
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