Sacramento County coroner IDs husband, wife in Carmichael murder-suicide that left 3 dead
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office identified three residents who died in a murder-suicide on Saturday that shocked a Carmichael townhouse neighborhood.
Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies went about 3:30 p.m. to the 5700 block of Shadow Creek Drive for a welfare check and found three dead adults, all riddled with bullets.
Sgt. Amar Gandhi, a spokesman with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, said the husband shot and killed his wife at the Oakwood HOA complex. A third person’s body was also found at the scene.
The husband was identified by the coroner as Larry Brown, 56, who died by suicide. His wife, 45-year-old Jennifer Evans Brown, died in a homicide, the coroner said.
The third person was identified as James Brown, 18, who died in a homicide, the coroner ruled.
Neighbors suggested the victim was the couple’s son, The Sacramento Bee previously reported.
The three bodies were discovered by a family member who had stopped by the townhouse to check on Evans Brown. The family member found Evans Brown shot and killed in a bed while Larry Brown was in a chair holding a weapon, according to The Bee’s previous reporting.
The other man who was killed was found behind a locked door by a sheriff’s deputy, according to previous reporting.
This story was originally published February 21, 2024 at 4:33 PM.
