Police have released the names of the two people found dead in the upstairs bedroom of a Huntington Beach home Wednesday after an eight-hour standoff.
John Steven Raeuchle, 55, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Lt. Russell Reinhart.
Valerie Ellen Pare Estes, 58, died of two shots that appear to have been inflicted by Raeuchle, Reinhart said.
Both resided in the home in the 8600 block of Garfield Avenue.
Preliminary investigation results indicate the deaths were a murder-suicide, he said.
Explosive charges were used to enter the residence, where neighbors heard arguing and gunshots in the morning.
A SWAT team set off the first charge about 2:30 p.m. to open an iron security gate, which had prevented police from entering the property.
More security gates were found inside the house. Additional charges were used before police entered shortly before 4, Reinhart said.
The person who called police about 8:30 a.m. described hearing arguments followed by gunshots, then someone shouting, "Oh, my God," before another gunshot, he said.
-- Mona Shadia, Huntington Beach Independent / Times Community News
Photo: Huntington Beach SWAT officers prepare to enter the home Wednesday afternoon. Credit: Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times
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