Peninsula man who fatally shot wife dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound

"A man suspected of shooting and killing his wife before turning the gun on himself earlier this week in Redwood City died of his injuries Wednesday, police said. The woman was identified as Denise Alessan Madrigal Martinez, and the man as Armando Madrigal Barajas Jr., the Redwood City Police Department said in an update on the case Thursday. They were both 36 years old and residents of Redwood City."

"Officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Seaport Boulevard around midnight Sunday after a security guard reported a suspicious vehicle, police said. They arrived to find the man in the driver's seat and the woman in the front passenger seat both were unconscious and suffering from apparent gunshot wounds to the head. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The man, however, had a pulse and was taken to an area hospital for treatment."

A married couple in Redwood City both sustained gunshot wounds after officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on the 1300 block of Seaport Boulevard around midnight Sunday. The woman, Denise Alessan Madrigal Martinez, was pronounced dead at the scene. The man, Armando Madrigal Barajas Jr., was alive when found and taken to an area hospital but suffered a nonsurvivable head wound and later died. Investigators say the pair had been experiencing marital difficulties and that evidence indicates the man shot his wife before attempting to take his own life. A firearm was recovered and the case remains under investigation.

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