Man and woman found dead after reports of argument in Fountain Valley bedroom

Police determined domestic violence resulted in the murder-suicide of a couple in their 30s in Fountain Valley early Sunday morning.

Someone called 911 and summoned officers to a residence on the 17000 block of Santa Suzanne Street at about 5:30 a.m., Fountain Valley police wrote in a news release. The caller said they had heard a verbal argument and a loud noise coming from a bedroom.

Responding officers found a man and woman who had died of gunshot wounds from a rifle, Fountain Valley Police Sgt. Henry Hsu said Monday. Both resided in the home.

Hsu described the man who died as a suspect in the killings. He was engaged to the woman, and they had been in a romantic relationship with each other for at least three years.

It is unknown what the dispute was about, Hsu said.

The man shot the woman and then took his own life, Hsu said.

They were identified as Janet Vu Thuy Pham, 34, and Wyatt James Rock, 36, both of Fountain Valley, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Woodroof, a spokesman for the county coroner’s office.

The two had been in a relationship for several years, Hsu said.

Officers had been called to their home multiple times over the years in response to verbal arguments, Hsu said.

“They had previous domestic disputes that police responded to, but there was never any physical violence, just verbal only,’’ Hsu said. No arrests or injuries were reported in those previous encounters.

City News Service contributed to this report.