BALDWIN PARK – A 10-year-old girl wounded in a shooting when a 35-year-old man opened fire at the Baldwin Park home of his estranged wife’s family has died, authorities said Tuesday.
Homicide detectives received notification Tuesday that the child was pronounced dead, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Her name was not released.
She had been found with a gunshot wound on Nov. 17 and taken to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said.
Baldwin Park Police Department officers responded just before 5 a.m. Nov. 17 to a home in the 12700 block of Royston Street, two blocks east of the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, where they were met by two men and a boy who said a shooting had occurred inside the residence, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Inside the home, deputies found a man and a woman — both 61 — fatally shot.
The other fatally injured victims were identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner as Qiufu Jiang and his wife, Yulan Wang.
“Homicide investigators identified Qihao Jin, a 35-year-old male Asian, as the suspect,” sheriff’s officials said in a statement. “Investigators learned suspect Jin targeted the location of his estranged wife’s family. He entered the residence armed with a firearm and shot the victims.
“Suspect Jin fled the location westbound on Royston Street in a vehicle. Suspect Jin’s estranged wife was not at the location when this incident occurred.”
Investigators tracked the car through a license-plate reader and Anaheim Police Department officers found it in the 100 block of Vermont Avenue, near Anaheim Boulevard, with Jin inside about 11:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Anaheim Police Department Sgt. Matt Sutter said.
Jin was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
A motive for the shooting was not released.
Anyone with additional information regarding the shooting was urged to contact the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.
