A senior nonprofit executive behind downtownSanta Monica’s businessand placemaking efforts was found dead alongside his wife in what authorities are investigating as a murder-suicide inside their Venice residence, according to law enforcement sources.
Jeremy Ferguson, who served as Director of Operations forDowntown Santa Monica, Inc., was discovered Tuesday morning with a gunshot wound.
His wife, Mandy Zelinka, was also found dead at the scene with a gunshot wound.
Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the home around 11 a.m. on Tuesday after a call reporting a suicide.
When they arrived, they found both individuals deceased from gunshot injuries.
Ferguson had earlier sent a suicide note by email to a friend, along with instructions on how to access the property.
That friend later arrived at the home and contacted police, according toNBC4.
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Investigators are treating the case as a murder-suicide and believe Ferguson shot his wife before turning the gun on himself.
A possible motive has not been disclosed.
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