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Caped Teen Kills Two, Then Self in Calif.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - A 19-year-old in a black cape and helmet went on a shooting rampage Saturday in his upscale Southern California neighborhood, killing a man and his daughter before committing suicide, authorities said.
William Freund also fired shots into another house and confronted a neighbor outside, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.
There was no known link between the teen and his victims, police said. "It may have been random," Amormino said.
Freund left his home about 9 a.m. and drove less than 100 yards to a house where he killed Vernon Smith, 45, and daughter Christina Smith, 22, with a shotgun, Amormino said. A 20-year-old son escaped after hearing shots.
Freund then walked across the street and fired into another house, Amormino said. A person inside suffered cuts from broken glass.
Another neighbor heard the commotion, came outside and was confronted by the teen, who tried to fire his weapon. When it misfired, Freund went back to his own house and committed suicide, Amormino said.
Police tape blocked off much of the large subdivision in the hills above Aliso Viejo, a wealthy section of south Orange County.
Caped Teen Kills Two, Then Self in Calif.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - A 19-year-old in a black cape and helmet went on a shooting rampage Saturday in his upscale Southern California neighborhood, killing a man and his daughter before committing suicide, authorities said.
William Freund also fired shots into another house and confronted a neighbor outside, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.
There was no known link between the teen and his victims, police said. "It may have been random," Amormino said.
Freund left his home about 9 a.m. and drove less than 100 yards to a house where he killed Vernon Smith, 45, and daughter Christina Smith, 22, with a shotgun, Amormino said. A 20-year-old son escaped after hearing shots.
Freund then walked across the street and fired into another house, Amormino said. A person inside suffered cuts from broken glass.
Another neighbor heard the commotion, came outside and was confronted by the teen, who tried to fire his weapon. When it misfired, Freund went back to his own house and committed suicide, Amormino said.
Police tape blocked off much of the large subdivision in the hills above Aliso Viejo, a wealthy section of south Orange County.