UPDATE: Murder suspect kills himself amid SWAT standoff in North Long Beach, police say
The man is suspected of killing two people Monday morning.
A man believed to be responsible for killing two people near Deforest Park Monday morning shot and killed himself following an hours-long standoff with police, authorities said.
It’s unclear what sparked the original incident, but police say they responded around 11:15 a.m. to the 300 block of 63rd Street where they found a woman and man who'd been shot in the upper body.
The woman was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries, police said. The man died at the scene, they added.
They were identified as Shoneka Lars, 51, and Donnell Crosby, 71, both of Long Beach, police said.
