Two people were found dead in an apartment in the Del Cerro neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon after an hour-long SWAT standoff.
San Diego Police said they received a call Tuesday to the 5700 block of College Avenue after a neighbor reported hearing possible gunshots around 2:30 p.m. Officers checked the area but found nothing suspicious. On Wednesday, San Diego Police said they returned to the same apartment to conduct a welfare check after a relative called to say their family member was not responding to phone calls and didn’t show up to work, which was unusual.
Officers then forced entry into the home and found a 47-year-old woman dead, police said. After searching the rest of the home, they encountered a closed bedroom door and, “based on what they knew at the scene,” believed an armed person might be barricaded inside…