Overview
- Officers responding to a welfare check on Morgan Lane in Garden Grove discovered 37-year-old Crystal Gonzalez dead and her two children unharmed on Thursday morning.
- Investigators identified Gonzalez’s husband, 35-year-old Miguel Lopez, as the suspect who drove more than 300 miles to Stockton before opening fire on a 54-year-old man and then fatally shooting himself.
- The 54-year-old Stockton victim remains hospitalized in critical condition after being shot by Lopez, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Detectives from both jurisdictions are working to determine precisely how and when Gonzalez was killed and have asked anyone with information to contact Garden Grove police.
- Child welfare officials are coordinating with family members to arrange permanent care for the two orphaned children.