An off-duty California deputy, 44-year-old Jeremy Lyle, is believed to have killed the mother of his children in a domestic violence-related incident. Then, during a standoff with police, Lyle took his own life.

According to the Santa Rosa Police Department (SRPD), the incident occurred on Sunday, August 10. At around 7:02 p.m., SRPD officers responded to a Quigg Drive apartment.

While en route, officers learned that a man, later identified as Lyle, had handed a child to a neighbor and asked her to call 911 as the child’s mother had been hurt.

Upon entering the apartment, police found a woman having suffered at least one gunshot wound. She was declared deceased at the scene and was identified as Mari Bonnici, a Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office detention specialist.

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