California IN BRIEF : WESTMINSTER : Deaths in Car Called Murder-Suicide

In an apparent murder-suicide, police said a man fatally shot a woman then turned the gun on himself as he drove in the southbound car-pool lane of the San Diego Freeway. Police said a boy, believed to be about 3-years-old, was found uninjured in the back seat of the car, which crashed into the guard rail after traveling a short distance. Sgt. Bob Amren, a watch commander for the Westminster Police Department, said investigators are trying to determine the relationship of the boy to the two victims. Their identities were not immediately available. The child was to be transferred to the Orangewood Children’s Home. Police arriving on the scene discovered the bodies of the two people slumped in the front seat of a light brown 1976 AMC Pacer, Amren said. A handgun was found next to the driver.