Man and woman found dead in murder-suicide at Anaheim senior apartment complex

 

(Brian Lawrence, Anaheim Police Department)

According to CBS News, Brian Lawrence, an Anaheim man suspected of shooting an apartment complex killed a 59-year-old woman before ending his own life on April 25.

"Anaheim police were directed to Tyrol Plaza Senior Apartments, 891 S. State College Blvd, on a report of a shooting about 3:40 p.m," Anaheim police Sgt. Jon McClintock said.

The complex is adjacent to Boysen Park according to The Orange County Register. 

"Police found the victim 59-year-old Ana Monterrosa of Anaheim, suffering from at least one gunshot wound and later learned the man accused of shooting her resided at the complex," McClintock said.

"The shooting occurred in a common space of the apartment complex," McClintock said. It is unknown if the shot happened inside or outside.

Unfortunately, Monterrosa later died at the hospital. 

 "The suspect, identified as 67-year-old Brian Lawrence, went back to his apartment after the shooting," McClintock said.

Around 9:30 p.m. investigators and SWAT teams were directed to the apartment complex approximately six hours after shooting Monetrrosa. SWAT officers went inside Lawrence's apartment finding out that he suicided himself. 

"Lawrence and Monterrosa knew each other through living at the apartment complex," McClintock said.

Joe Guerrero told OnScene TV, a freelance video news organization that occasionally works with the Southern California new group, that he's resided at the apartment complex for about five months and was chatting with the previous complex manager, Monterrosa, when the suspect appeared in the office. 

“She was getting paint for my room,” Guerrero said. “The guy came up to her and shot her four times. I just couldn’t believe what happened. He looked at me and then took off, so I told the other ladies in the office to call 911 because I didn’t have my phone.”

Guerrero remembered that the suspect uttered three words to Mentorrosa before shooting her approximately three feet away. 

"Police evacuated several residents while investigating the shooting, but helped them back into their homes later Thursday night," McClintock said.