Deputy Killed Ex, Handed Infant To Neighbor, And Shot Self After Hours-Long Standoff: PD

Murder-Suicide Leaves Two Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Employees Dead

Two Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office employees are dead after an apparent murder-suicide. Police say it happened on Sunday night, starting at an apartment in Santa Rosa. Detectives believe off-duty deputy Jeremy Lyle shot and killed his former partner, Mari Bonnici, a detention specialist. He shot himself in the bed of his pickup truck on Monday morning, in the parking lot of the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office in Fountaingrove. That was after a ne…

Deputy Killed Ex, Handed Infant To Neighbor, And Shot Self After Hours-Long Standoff: PD

The man, a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy since 2015, also left his twin toddlers alone with their mother's body, police said.

Sonoma County deputy who allegedly killed ex-partner takes own life following standoff

(KRON) -- A Sonoma County Sheriff's Office deputy who allegedly killed his former partner died of a self-inflicted gunshot following a standoff with law enforcement Sunday. Deputy Jeremy Lyle was off duty when he fatally shot his former partner, Detention Specialist Mari Bonnici, according to the SCSO. The Santa Rosa Police Department said that officers were dispatched at 7:02 p.m. to an apartment located in the 4600 block of Quigg Drive. Arrivi…

Sonoma County sheriff's deputy kills ex-girlfriend, then self

An off-duty Sonoma County sheriff's deputy killed his ex-girlfriend and then himself in an unusual tragedy that has shocked the entire department, authorities said on Monday.