A man was in critical condition after fatally shooting a woman in Lancaster early Sunday and then attempting to take his own life, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The pair were described only as male and female Hispanic adults. The man confronted the woman at another man’s home in Lancaster, according to a statement was released Sunday by the Sheriff’s Department. The suspect fired a shot into the residence; no one was injured.
The suspect and the woman, “believed to be an estranged couple,” according to the department’s statement, left the home together in the woman’s vehicle. They got into an argument and stopped the vehicle at East Avenue H and Challenger Way in Lancaster.
Around 12:30pm on Sunday, they got out of the vehicle while continuing to argue. The suspect shot and killed the woman before driving away in his vehicle, leaving her body behind, the statement said.
At 2:09 a.m., the suspect drove to Palmdale, where he shot himself inside the victim’s vehicle outside the home of a member of her family, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
The suspect was treated for an apparent gunshot wound at a nearby hospital. He was listed in critical condition, a sheriff’s spokesman said Sunday evening. The spokesman said no additional information about the incident has been released yet, including the identity of the suspect and the victim.
The Sheriff’s Department stated that homicide investigators were continuing to investigate the incident.
The department urged anyone with information about the incident to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.