HAYWARD — A man and woman died of gunshot wounds here Saturday evening in what authorities are calling a murder/suicide.
The incident occurred April 20. Police were called to the 3000 block of West Winton Avenue in Hayward a little after 6:20 p.m. for a report of two dead people inside a vehicle, authorities said.
A 31-year-old woman — believed to be the homicide victim — was found in a front passenger seat. Police say a 36-year-old man also found deceased in the car likely shot her before he died by suicide.
Neither decedent has been identified publicly, pending notification of their families, police said.
A witness overheard the two arguing shortly before the gunshots rang out, police said. The woman’s death was Hayward’s third homicide of 2024.
Anyone with information can call the assigned homicide detective at 510-293-7176.