LAKESIDE, Calif. (KGTV) – The San Diego Sheriff’s Department is investigating a homicide in Lakeside that happened late Friday night.
Deputies responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon at a home in the 13500 block of Interstate 8 Business just after 11:30 p.m. When they arrived, they learned a man had shot a woman after an argument and were believed to still be inside.
The sheriff’s SWAT team also responded and entered the home. Once inside, they found two women and a man in their 50s dead. Deputies say that all three appeared to have been shot and are withholding their names at this time.
The homicide unit arrived and took over the investigation.
The sheriff’s department said, “at this point, it appears the male shot both females, then shot himself. The circumstances and motivations are under investigation.”
Residents of the Ridgecrest Community are still processing Friday night's events.
"I've never hear of anything else of this nature go on like this," a Ridgecrest resident told 10News.
"I just heard some cars. I heard loud sounds," another resident told 10News.
A neighbor who lives nearby the scene of the shooting says they're shaken by the news. She and police believe there was an argument between the couple before the man shot his partner and her sister. She asked us not to show her face.
“I was just shocked cause, like I say, I saw her three times yesterday getting ready for her family gathering,” the neighbor said.
Carol says the couple and their kids moved in recently.
“These people were casual friends, they hadn’t been there too long, just really nice open people, but I tell you they are the nicest people you would not of thought, you never know all the pressures people go through,” she says.
10News is still working to identify who the people are. In the meantime, the neighbors 10News talked to now hope they can strengthen their neighborhood watch and encourage people to check in on their loved ones.
“I just think that people need to know: Lakeside is a good community. Good people are here, trying to raise their families. Things like this happen — they happen in the best and worse neighborhoods they happen everywhere, but we all kinda just try to stick together and help one another.”
