Former CHP officer accused of killing wife in Orange County, attempted murder-suicide in Stockton

(FOX40.COM) — A former California Highway Patrol officer is dead and another person is critically hurt after an apparent attempted murder-suicide near a Stockton gym on Thursday morning, according to authorities.

The Stockton Police Department is now connecting that crime to another homicide in Orange County.

The Garden Grove Police Department said officers received a call around 8:05 a.m. from a person requesting a welfare check requiring police and an ambulance on Morgan Lane, as their family member was staying at that residence.

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As police were arriving, a young girl who said she was inside the residence made a call claiming her mother needed help.

Officers found 37-year-old Crystal Gonzalez of Lodi dead, and two juveniles who were unharmed and unaware of the situation.

Investigators identified the suspect as a 35-year-old Miguel Lopez, a former CHP officer, who was missing from the residence and determined to be the husband of the victim and the father of the juveniles.

As investigators began searching for Lopez, a family member notified police that his vehicle was in Stockton, at a scene that involved the Stockton Police Department.

The Stockton Police Department released information on Thursday that said a 35-year-old man, now identified as Lopez, is dead, while a 54-year-old man was hospitalized and is in critical condition after a shooting in Stockton.

SPD said that the double shooting is an apparent attempted murder-suicide incident that took place at 7:58 a.m. on 800 W Eight Mile Road.

The incident remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Garden Grove Detective Rogers at 714-741-5413.