Suspected murder-suicide under investigation in Arroyo Grande senior community
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. – Two people are dead following a shooting and a standoff at the Cortina D'Arroyo Grande Senior Apartments complex at 241 N. Courtland Street.
On Tuesday, the Arroyo Grande Police Department released the identities of the two people involved.
The initial shooting victim discovered in the office has been identified as 57-year-old apartment manager Cambria Grant and the shooter has been identified as 66-year-old resident David Falcon.
Officers with the Arroyo Grande Police Department responded to the initial call of shots fired in the complex's office shortly after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
Responding officers discovered a body inside the office and law enforcement was able to detect the suspected shooter, a resident of the community, using a drone detailed Arroyo Grande Police Department.
According to Arroyo Grande Police, the suspect was barricaded inside an apartment for roughly three and a half hours, at one point, severing communications with crisis negotiators. The S.W.A.T. Team on scene made several attempts to restart negotiations.
Arroyo Grande Police said at no time was the suspect considered to be a threat to the public. No one else was injured.
Police used a robotic device to enter the apartment and discovered the barricaded suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot state Arroyo Grande Police Department.
