Firefighters Find Homeowner In Foreclosure With Gunshot Wound While Responding To House Fire; Detectives Are Treating Case As A Possible Suicide

In Pasadena, California, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports:

• A Pasadena woman distraught over the pending foreclosure of her home may have lit her house on fire and killed herself, police said. Neighbors reported smoke coming from a home in the 1000 block of North Wilson Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. Monday morning. Firefighters arrived and found [the homeowner], 53, in her bed suffering from a gunshot wound. "Some of the neighbors said she was going to be evicted this weekend," said Lt. John Dewar, the detective investigating the case. "We're looking at this as possibly a reason this tragedy occurred."

For the story, see Woman distraught by foreclosure may have killed self, burned home.

See also, Los Angeles Times: Pasadena woman facing eviction may have killed herself.

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