A firefighter from California is facing homicide charges in the deaths of his 29-year-old girlfriend and her son, according to authorities.

Darin McFarlin, 47, stands accused of killing his girlfriend Marissa N. Divodi-Lessa and her son, who was identified by family as Josiah Divodi-Lessa.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said its deputies responded to a shooting around 9 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 3000 block of Oakwood Road in Cameron Park, which is some 30 miles east on Sacramento. When they arrived, they found the two victims inside the home suffering from gunshot wounds. Divodi-Lessa was pronounced dead on scene while paramedics rushed her son to the hospital where he later died.

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