S.F. Airport Security Guard Kills 3 Neighbors, Himself

An airport security guard killed three neighbors before taking his own life Sunday, leaving a wounded 2-year-old girl sitting in her high chair amid the blood bath.

Lorenzo “Sol” Silva, 63, had been friendly with the young family that lived on the second floor of the two-story home he shared with his mother. But recently his mental condition worsened and he couldn’t sleep without his mother in the room and a light on, said his brother, Silvestre Silva.

“He had been nervous for years,” Silva said. “I saw him last week; he looked like he wanted to grab you. It was like he was drowning. He looked like he was seeing a ghost.”

Police said they do not know what prompted the shooting.

Silva finished the graveyard shift at the San Francisco airport and came home early Sunday, police said. About 1:30 p.m., he went upstairs with a handgun.

He fatally shot Noel Ridual, Ridual’s 28-year-old wife, Josephine, and a friend who lived with the couple, Ola Marquisias, 32. The Riduals’ daughter, Jessica, was wounded in the shoulder and was in fair condition Monday.

Members of the Silva family heard the gunshots and went upstairs. “I saw the four bodies and the baby crying” in her high chair, said Silva’s brother-in-law, Buen Liriors. “There was blood all over.”

Silvestre Silva said his brother had been taking medication and that family members had urged him to see a priest or return to his native Philippines to meet with a faith healer.