{"id":108375,"date":"2026-01-07T00:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/108375\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T00:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:47:07","slug":"video-shows-moments-cops-respond-to-murder-suicide-involving-doctor-in-coconut-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/108375\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows moments cops respond to murder-suicide involving doctor in Coconut Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">COCONUT CREEK, Fla.  \u2014 A domestic violence incident that stunned a Coconut Creek neighborhood ended with a doctor killing the mother of his child before taking his own life this past weekend, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers said they were called to the Paloma Lakes neighborhood early Saturday after reports of shots fired. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News on Tuesday exclusively obtained video from neighbors showing Coconut Creek police and SWAT teams surrounding a home in the 4800 block of Acadian Trail as sirens blared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI just saw a whole row of cops on this entire street \u2014 must\u2019ve been the entire Coconut Creek (Police) Department,\u201d said neighbor Carlos Lainez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said officers spent hours calling for the suspect to exit the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey were just calling his name, just to come outside of the house, that he was under arrest,\u201d said neighbor Johnny Madriz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators later found 34-year-old Jean Dominique Foureau dead inside the home. Police said Foureau shot and killed his partner, 38-year-old Veloudre Petitval, the mother of their 2-year-old son, before turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/XKKLZZNRWJGWHAJ3CINANWK7OY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>From left to right: Jean Dominique Foureau and Veloudre Petitval.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In the days following the incident, shell casings believed to be from flash bangs, a shattered front glass door and what appeared to be bullet holes were visible at the home, which remained taped off as a crime scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Neighbors said the family had moved into the community only months ago and were recently seen together during the holidays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI always saw him, the kids. They didn\u2019t move here that long ago \u2014 I think it was a couple of months ago,\u201d one neighbor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Records show Foureau was a 2024 graduate of the Broward Health Graduate Medical Education Program in emergency medicine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jean-dominique-foureau-62414a10a\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jean-dominique-foureau-62414a10a\/\">Linkedin profile<\/a> lists him as a former chief resident. In a statement, Broward Health said Foureau completed part of his medical training within its system but had no affiliation with the organization after 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhile he completed a portion of his medical training within our health system, that training concluded in 2024, and he has had no affiliation with our organization since then,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Residents said the tragedy has left the community shaken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe were really sad \u2014 mainly for the little ones,\u201d Madriz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said the incident appears isolated and no arrests are expected as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COCONUT CREEK, Fla. \u2014 A domestic violence incident that stunned a Coconut Creek neighborhood ended with a doctor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-108375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}