CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : WESTMINSTER : Coed Slain, Former Boyfriend Kills Self

An Orange County women’s college basketball star was shot to death with a shotgun blast by her ex-boyfriend, who then turned the weapon on himself, taking his own life on a quiet Westminster street, authorities said. Krisden Yoshiko Tanabe, 18, of Fountain Valley, was shot in the back as she tried to flee from Thomas Deshields White, 22, of Cypress, Westminster Police Lt. Larry Woessner said. Afterward, despite pleas from a friend, White shot himself in the chest, Woessner said. Police and friends of the dead woman said White had recently broken up a relationship with Tanabe, who was a sophomore at Golden West Community College in Huntington Beach, and one of the stars of the college’s women’s basketball team.