Investigators said the suspect killed his mother and father before stealing a maintenance worker's golf cart.
Orange County deputies on Wednesday identified the man accused of decapitating his mother, father, and the family's chihuahua in San Juan Capistrano Tuesday morning. Joseph Brandon Gervil, 41, has been initially booked on two counts of homicide. The Orange County Sheriff's Department said the charges and enhancements will likely change before the conclusion of the investigation. The brutal killing happened at about 7:30 a.m.
that a man covered in blood was chasing a maintenance worker nearby. 'Our dispatchers updated them that there was a bloody male chasing a maintenance worker in that same neighborhood,' said OCSD Sergeant Matthew Parrish on Tuesday. 'The deputies immediately started looking for that male. A short time later that person was located near Calle Arroyo and a bike trail, shortly after that person was located an officer-involved shooting occurred.
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