3 Found Fatally Shot Inside S.F. Realty Office
Three men involved in a business deal that apparently was going badly were found shot to death inside a real estate office Monday in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
San Francisco Police Lt. Gerald McCarthy identified the dead as Jerry Bernstein, 43, of San Francisco, owner of Bernstein Realty, and two business associates--Helmut Worsthorn, 46, of Oakland, and Gary Arge, 41, of San Francisco.
“All three were involved in some business deal. Evidently, it wasn’t going well, and they had a meeting today,” McCarthy said. “It’s our belief Mr. Arge pulled a gun and shot the other two gentlemen, then shot himself.”
Bernstein and Worsthorn, both shot through the body, were found in one office at Bernstein Realty; Arge, with a gunshot wound to the chest, was found in another. Two .38-caliber revolvers were found near Arge’s body.
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