Suspect in Wife’s Death Dies of His Wounds

A man who killed his estranged wife Saturday and later shot himself died Sunday of his wounds, police reported.

Lopeti Siliva Ofiu, 26, of Fontana died at 12:15 p.m. at UCI Medical Center, police said. Ofiu had been at the medical center since Saturday, when he shot himself in the head as police surrounded his motel room in Buena Park, officers said.

Ofiu fled to the motel after fatally shooting his estranged wife, Norma Ofiu, 29, at an apartment in Fullerton about 4 a.m. Saturday, police said. The couple had been separated about two months.

Norma Ofiu’s sister, Anya Mikasobe, 30, told police that she witnessed the shooting in her Fullerton apartment. Mikasobe said her brother-in-law calmly shot her sister twice then walked away. Police later traced him to a motel in Buena Park, and they were preparing to arrest him when he shot himself in the head.