Two children in Garden Grove became orphaned after their father, Miguel Lopez, killed their mother, Crystal Gonzalez, and then drove to Stockton to shoot another man before committing suicide. Garden Grove Police responded to a welfare call at their home, where they found Gonzalez deceased. The children were unharmed. Authorities later discovered Lopez had been involved in a shooting in Stockton, injuring a man before shooting himself. The investigation is ongoing, and efforts are being made to reunite the children with family members.
On Thursday, Garden Grove Police Department officers responded to a home on Morgan Lane around 8:05 a.m. for a welfare call, according to a department social media post.
Officers found the body of Crystal Gonzalez, 37, inside. A second child, the girl's sibling, was also inside and both were unharmed and did not know what happened to their mother.
Police learned from the Stockton Police Department that Lopez was involved in a shooting in their city that morning, around the time they were called to check on the family in Garden Grove.
Lopez shot a 54-year-old man, critically injuring him, then shot himself, police said. Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene.
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