{"id":66557,"date":"2015-09-17T16:51:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T23:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=66557"},"modified":"2015-09-21T12:07:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T19:07:56","slug":"2-dead-in-lancaster-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/09\/17\/2-dead-in-lancaster-murder-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"2 dead in Lancaster murder-suicide [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Homicide<\/a>
Homicide detectives investigate in front of a home in the 3200 block of West Avenue J-10 in Lancaster, where a woman and her estranged husband were found suffering from gunshot wounds. The woman had been staying at the home with her best friend’s family, according to witnesses at the scene. [Photo by LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER \u2013 Homicide detectives are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Lancaster that left a 48-year-old woman and her estranged husband dead Thursday morning, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Deputies responded\u00a0around 6:50 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, to\u00a0the 3200 block of West Avenue J-10 in Lancaster, according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station deputies responded to the location for an \u2018assault now\u2019 call. Upon their arrival, they found a female Hispanic adult and a male Hispanic adult both lying in the driveway of the residence with apparent gunshot wounds,\u201d detectives said in the news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cA witness at the scene told detectives the male Hispanic approached the female in the driveway and they began arguing. During the argument, the male Hispanic pointed a gun at the female victim and shot in her direction several times, striking her. He then turned the gun on himself and fired, striking himself,\u201d detectives said in the news release.<\/p>\n

The weapon was recovered at the scene, officials said.<\/p>\n

The 48-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene; and the 58-year-old man, the estranged husband of the victim, was transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead, homicide detectives said in the news release.<\/p>\n

Both were Lancaster residents, detectives said.<\/p>\n

\"Distraught<\/a>
Distraught family members at the scene identified the victim as Silvia Salazar. [Contributed photo courtesy Dolinda Reyes.]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Their names have not yet been released, coroner\u2019s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

However, distraught family members at the scene identified the victim as Silvia Salazar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A woman at the scene said Silvia was her best friend, and said Silvia and Luis Salazar had been married for more than 20\u00a0years but had separated.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe asked me for a place to live,\u201d Dolinda Reyes said, adding that Silvia had been staying with her since May. She said Silvia worked as a nurse in Mojave and was a \u201cwonderful person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know she is in heaven now because she was a good Christian lady. She believed in God,\u201d Reyes said.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s estranged husband was a local business owner, Reyes said, adding that Silvia had filed for divorce.<\/p>\n

Family members said the couple\u2019s divorce was finalized Wednesday.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/span>:\u00a0An online fundraiser has been established to ensure a proper burial for Silvia Salazar. To donate to this effort, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/5t4hjmpd<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER \u2013 Homicide detectives are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Lancaster that left a 48-year-old woman and her estranged husband dead Thursday morning, authorities said. Deputies responded\u00a0around 6:50 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, to\u00a0the 3200 block of West Avenue J-10 in Lancaster, according to a news release from the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau. \u201cLancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station deputies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}