A man who traveled from Indiana to Santa Clara secretly rented the home next door to his estranged brother, then fatally shot him outside his residence before setting the rental home on fire and dying by suicide, police said Thursday.
Santa Clara Police Chief Cory Morgan said the May 8 shooting and fire on the 600 block of Enright Avenue was a “targeted homicide, followed by suicide,” involving two adult brothers: Matthew Heflin, 49, of Bloomington, Ind., and Mark Heflin, 52, of Santa Clara.
The brothers had been estranged for about three years, Morgan said at a news conference. Investigators have not determined a motive…