{"id":77467,"date":"2025-12-02T00:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/77467\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T00:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T00:47:11","slug":"doctor-wife-gunned-down-in-shooting-outside-california-home-authorities-probing-possibly-linked-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/77467\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor, wife gunned down in shooting outside California home; authorities probing possibly-linked suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A doctor and his wife were both shot to death outside their California home on Sunday, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The victims, Eric and Vicki Cordes, were found injured in the driveway of their Simi Valley residence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/married-couple-killed-shooting-simi-valley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FOX 11 Los Angeles.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FOX 11 Los Angeles.<\/a> They were found around noon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two suffered multiple gunshot wounds and were rushed to a local hospital before being pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eric Cordes was a board-certified radiologist who worked for Adventist Health Simi Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/three-landscape-supply-employees-gunned-down-texas-shooting-police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Three Landscape Supply Employees Gunned Down In Texas Shooting, Police Say;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Three Landscape Supply Employees Gunned Down In Texas Shooting, Police Say<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Witnesses told FOX 11 that the shooting happened fast and that the suspect drove off after opening fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hours after the shooting, officials found a charred vehicle and a body in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chino, California,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chino, California,<\/a> over 60 miles away from Simi Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The body and car were found in Ruben S. Ayala Park. Officials believe that the person in the car committed suicide, and that there may be a connection between the two scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking to FOX 11, Sgt. Rick Morton of the Simi Valley Police Department said that it&#8217;s rare for double homicides to happen in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/insurance-ceos-home-riddled-bullets-gunman-remains-run\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Insurance Ceo&#039;s Home Riddled With Bullets; Gunman Remains On The Run;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Insurance Ceo&#8217;s Home Riddled With Bullets; Gunman Remains On The Run<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We do believe the victims were targeted,&#8221; said Morton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We&#8217;ll have more information on that as the investigation proceeds further.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a statement obtained by FOX 11, Adventist Health Simi Valley said that it was &#8220;heartbroken by the tragic deaths&#8221; and called Eric Cordes a &#8220;highly respected&#8221; and &#8220;beloved&#8221; physician.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fox News Digital reached out to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Simi Valley Police Department;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Simi Valley Police Department<\/a> and Adventist Health Simi Valley for additional comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Original article source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/doctor-wife-gunned-down-shooting-outside-california-home-authorities-probing-possibly-linked-suicide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Doctor, wife gunned down in shooting outside California home; authorities probing possibly-linked suicide;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Doctor, wife gunned down in shooting outside California home; authorities probing possibly-linked suicide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A doctor and his wife were both shot to death outside their California home on Sunday, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4954,7,9,8,44595,44596,44598,23286,44594,44597],"class_list":["post-77467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-authorities","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-eric-cordes","tag-fox-11-los-angeles","tag-rick-morton","tag-simi-valley","tag-simi-valley-police-department","tag-vicki-cordes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77467","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=77467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}