Three found dead in Strawberry home; sources identify two as retired SFPD officers
Someone inside the house on Strawberry Circle called 911 shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday to report shots fired. The sheriff's office has not publicly identified the victims and said there is no threat to the community.
STRAWBERRY: Three people were found dead Sunday evening inside a home on Strawberry Circle, in the unincorporated Strawberry community off Tiburon Boulevard near Mill Valley, the Marin County Sheriff's Office confirmed. Someone inside the home called 911 shortly after 5 p.m. to report that shots had been fired, and deputies who responded found three people dead inside the residence. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said investigators could not yet describe the circumstances of the shooting or the relationship between the three people, and that the victims had not been publicly identified. The sheriff's office said there was no threat to the community and that deputies would remain in the neighborhood through the evening.
Sources have identified two of the dead to ABC7 Eyewitness News as former San Francisco Police Department officers. According to sources who spoke to ABC7 reporter Dan Noyes, retired SFPD Sgt. Kevin Mannix is the suspected shooter, and his wife, retired SFPD Deputy Chief Ann Mannix, was shot and killed along with the couple's 25-year-old daughter.
The call came in as a multiple shooting, according to ABC7 Bay Area. Firefighters were dispatched to Strawberry shortly after 5 p.m., and Marin County sheriff's deputies also responded to the scene. Deputies secured the surrounding area before entering the residence, where they found the three dead.
Two careers in San Francisco law enforcement
Mannix served 27 years with the San Francisco Police Department, working at Taraval Station before retiring as a sergeant in June 2018. His wife rose through the department's ranks to deputy chief overseeing special operations and retired in 2021. She was the first woman to join the SFPD's SWAT team and later the first woman to lead it.
A community of about 5,400
Strawberry is a 1.3-square-mile unincorporated community of about 5,400 people, according to Marin Magazine. Its students attend Strawberry Point Elementary, Mill Valley Middle School and Tamalpais High School. Strawberry Circle is a residential street in the community, off Tiburon Boulevard, in a neighborhood of hillside homes along Richardson Bay.
Investigation active
The sheriff's office has released no official identifications, no timeline and no motive, and the investigation is ongoing. Investigators began examining the scene to determine the sequence of events and the circumstances of each death. Sheriff's deputies remained on Strawberry Circle into Sunday night as detectives worked to establish what happened inside the residence; further details about the victims and the circumstances surrounding the shooting have not yet been released.
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