MESA, AZ — The deaths of three people found in a Mesa apartment are being investigated as a murder-suicide, police say.
Officers were called to investigate a possible shooting at an apartment complex near Country Club Drive and Broadway Road around 7:30 p.m. Monday.
When officers arrived, they found a man outside an apartment who told them he returned home from work to find his girlfriend and her two children dead.
Police say it appears a 21-year-old man shot and killed his 46-year-old mother and his 14-year-old sister before turning the gun on himself. All three were found dead in separate rooms.
The three people who died in this incident have been identified as follows:
Aide D Popoca (46 years old)
Ashley Popoca (14 years old)
Rafael Popoca (21 years old)
