FOWLER, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 An investigation is underway after two people were found dead inside a Fowler home Wednesday night. <\/p>\n
Officers were called to a home near Citrus and South avenues around 6:30 p.m. after a family member reported that a relative said he had shot his mother, planned to shoot the family\u2019s dogs and then himself.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they received no response at the door or by phone. <\/p>\n
After several attempts to contact anyone inside, police entered the home and found an elderly woman and middle-aged man dead.<\/p>\n
Police say they were related. <\/p>\n
Their names have not been released.<\/p>\n
Police said they used a drone provided by the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office to safely search the home before entry, breaching windows with less-lethal beanbag rounds to allow the drone inside. <\/p>\n
A Cal Fire helicopter was staged nearby for possible medical transport but was released after both victims were confirmed dead.<\/p>\n
Officers also discovered animals inside the home that were dead.<\/p>\n
Nearby residents were temporarily evacuated out of precaution but were later allowed to return once the scene was secured.<\/p>\n
The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office has taken over the investigation. <\/p>\n
The Fowler Police Department said the incident appears to be isolated and there is no threat to the surrounding neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOWLER, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 An investigation is underway after two people were found dead inside a Fowler home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[2790,7539,112,114,113,1073,348,236,7541,3489,7540],"class_list":["post-7383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-dead","tag-fowler","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-home","tag-investigation","tag-police","tag-relatives","tag-sheriffs-office","tag-victims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}