Crime

Two shot to death in Visalia home; police say it ‘does not appear to be random’

Visalia police are on the scene of a home on the 4200 block of W. Cambridge Avenue where two people was found dead.
Visalia police are on the scene of a home on the 4200 block of W. Cambridge Avenue where two people was found dead.

Two people were found shot to death in a Visalia home Saturday, triggering an hours-long investigation at the scene though few details were released.

Just after 10 a.m., Visalia officers went to the home in the 4200 block of West Cambridge Avenue for what a news release stated was a “check the welfare” call on two adults.

Officers were able to get inside, where they found the two people dead. A 24-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man had suffered fatal gunshot wounds.

Police cleared the scene, the department tweeted about 7:15 p.m., confirming the incident was “being investigated as (a) possible homicide.”

“The incident does not appear to be random,” the release stated.

Anyone with information is asked to call Visalia Police at 559-734-8116 or via the Valley Crime Stoppers 559-498-STOP tip line.

Chueyee Yang: 559-441-6447, @chueyee15

This story was originally published July 22, 2017 at 7:08 PM with the headline "Two shot to death in Visalia home; police say it ‘does not appear to be random’."

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