California man kills wife, daughter in shooting before taking own life

A 52-year-old man killed his spouse and teenage daughter earlier than killing himself in a capturing at a Los Angeles County residence Thursday morning.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded round 8 a.m. to a report of an assault with a lethal weapon at a house in Lakewood, a metropolis about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles. A caller advised dispatchers that her father had fired a gun at her and was mendacity unconscious close by, officers stated.

When officers arrived, they met the caller, a 19-year-old lady, exterior the house. She was not injured and was taken in for questioning.

Inside the house, officers discovered a person mendacity on the ground within the research with a gunshot wound to his higher physique. He was recognized as the daddy and shooter, Hector Lionel Alfaro, 52.

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Roxana Rodriguez, 48, and her 17-year-old daughter, Sienna Alfaro, have been killed within the capturing. (GoFundMe)

Officers then found Alfaro’s 48-year-old spouse, Roxana Rodriguez, in a bed room with gunshot wounds to her torso. In a second bed room, officers discovered the couple’s 17-year-old daughter, Sienna Alfaro, who had additionally been shot. All three have been pronounced lifeless on the scene.

The murder-suicide occurred at a house in Lakewood, California, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. (FOX11 Los Angeles)

“By investigation, murder detectives realized that gunshots have been heard contained in the residence by Alfaro’s 19-year-old daughter whereas she was sleeping,” police stated in an announcement obtained by FOX11Los Angeles. “Alfaro then appeared at her residence, armed with a handgun, and shot her a number of instances; nevertheless, she was not struck by the gunfire. Alfaro then shot himself whereas standing subsequent to his 19-year-old daughter.”

Two firearms have been discovered within the residence.

Authorities recognized the gunman as Hector Lionel Alfaro, 52, Rodriguez’s husband and Sienna’s father. (FOX11 Los Angeles)

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Authorities haven’t recognized a motive. The investigation remains to be ongoing.

“Our hearts are damaged as we share the tragic lack of a loving mom and her daughter, whose lives have been taken in an act of unimaginable violence,” Andrew, the husband of the couple’s eldest daughter, Desiree, wrote in a GoFundMe put up. “This devastating loss has left behind their surviving youngsters, who now face the world with out the individuals who meant the world to them.”

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Sienna’s soccer teammate, Hazel Ferman, remembered her pal as “a ray of sunshine” throughout a candlelight vigil on Saturday, in line with KABC TV.

“She’s a really completely happy individual,” Ferman stated. “Her smile would mild up the room. Her vitality was simply out of this world, man like she walked in, regardless that she’s a shy woman, when she smiled it was like everybody knew we simply related.”