A father and son died in what is being investigated as a murder-suicide over the weekend in the Val Verde community near Castaic, according to authorities.
Santa Clarita Valley Station deputies responded at 6:32 p.m. Sunday to a report of a gunshot victim on Paradise Road in Val Verde, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Authorities said three people were found with gunshot wounds; two men were pronounced dead at the scene and a woman was hospitalized. Police described it as a domestic incident and that the victims and suspect were related. The case is being investigated as a homicide/suicide.
Deputy Robert Jensen, a spokesman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station, told the Santa Clarita Valley Signal that a father turned the gun on himself after shooting his son.
According to authorities, there are no outstanding suspects and a gun was recovered at the scene. No further information is available at this time.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau has invited anyone with further information to contact the agency at 323-890-5500.
