"Gun shots, two dead outside while children in house"

3/19/08: Police responded to a shooting call this afternoon in the 2800 block of Flintridge Square.  Upon their arrival they found a man and a woman dead in the front yard, and two young children in the house, both unharmed.  Early reports claim it may be a murder-suicide, with a possible history of disturbances associated with the address.

Also, one TV news station (KKTV) learned that a sign may have been recently painted on the garage door, which could have been taken as derogatory in nature toward the woman victim.

A female police officer stayed with the children inside the home until DHS workers arrived and took them away.

Another sad situation occurred when the family's small pet dog escaped from the back yard, and ran over to where the dead woman lay, staying with the body for a short while until a police officer carried the dog away.  While being carried, the pet yelped the entire time until placed back into the yard.

Warning: Photos may be too extreme for some.

Photos by News Blab

Scene on Flintridge Sq.

One body in foreground, one in background at house on Flintridge Sq.

The crime lab inspects the bodies and scene.

Police officers stay with the two children found inside until DHS arrives.

A police officer picks up the family pet which sits next to the body of the dead woman...

...and carries it into the backyard, where it escaped from.