Woman Found Dead Next to Calif. Man Shot in Head
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}SAN DIEGO -- Authorities say a woman found dead in an apartment alongside a man suspected of killing a San Diego police officer was killed by a bullet wound to the head and her death has been ruled a homicide.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner said in a statement Saturday that 27-year-old Lucky Xayasene died from a "penetrating gunshot wound to the head," but did not say who fired the bullet.
Police say Xayasene and 30-year-old Holim Lee were found dead Thursday in a bedroom littered with guns, hours after gunfire was exchanged with officers and U.S. Marshals serving an arrest warrant at the apartment. Officer Christopher Wilson was shot and killed.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The coroner's statement did not give a cause of death for Lee, whose family says he served in the Coast Guard but later turned to drugs and crime.