Woman, boy shot in California backyard; boyfriend sought

BALDWIN PARK, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man was being sought Monday after his girlfriend and her young son were found fatally shot in a backyard, authorities said.

Rigoberto Covarrubias, 36, was being sought in connection with Sunday night’s shooting in the eastern Los Angeles suburb of Baldwin Park.

Reports of gunshots sent police to a home where they found a wounded woman and a boy. Both had been shot in the upper body. The woman died at the scene and the boy, believed to be 5 or 6 years old, died at a hospital, authorities said.

Their names were not immediately released.

“Detectives believe this is a domestic related incident, and the suspect fled the scene,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Neighbors said they heard gunshots and then saw a man who lived at the home leaving with a gun in his hand.

“We just heard gunshots, like five or six gunshots,” neighbor Brian Sanchez told KABC-TV. “My dad came out to see what was going on and the guy with the gun … just told him to ‘go inside because there are gunshots. I suggest you two go inside.’”