A former senior San Francisco police official and her 24-year-old daughter were fatally shot at a Marin County home, allegedly by the woman’s husband, a retired police sergeant who then died by suicide, according to reports.
Kevin Mannix, 68, is believed to have killed his wife, former San Francisco Deputy Chief of Police Ann Mannix, 65, and their daughter, Katie, on Sunday evening at the family’s home in the affluent California county.
He later turned the weapon on himself, authorities said.
Marin County sheriff’s deputies arriving after 5 p.m. found all three people dead inside the residence.
San Francisco police confirmed the deaths Sunday night. Chief Derrick Lew told department employees that the agency was announcing the tragedy “with heavy hearts.”
“Please keep their family in your prayers,” Lew added.
The Marin County Sheriff’s Office had not immediately disclosed what prompted the shooting.
The gunfire occurred in Strawberry Circle, an unincorporated community in Strawberry, east of Mill Valley, according to a sheriff’s office statement.
Officers reached the home within minutes and contacted the person who had placed the initial emergency call. That individual had already left the residence, authorities said.
Deputies established a security perimeter around the property as investigators began processing the scene.
Detectives from the sheriff’s investigations unit remained at the home Sunday night.
Authorities said there was “no known threat to the community,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Ann Mannix rose through the ranks of the San Francisco Police Department. Department records show she became deputy chief of the Field Operations Bureau in 2018 and took over the Special Operations Bureau the following year.
She was also the first woman to join the department’s SWAT team and later became its commander.
Kevin Mannix retired from the San Francisco Police Department in June 2018 after 27 years of service.
In a farewell letter published by Taraval Station the next month, he reflected on the relationships he had formed during his career and said he hoped to devote more time to his loved ones.
“I leave the SFPD, but I am taking your friendships with me forever,” he wrote.
Lew said Sunday that the department’s behavioral science unit was available to support employees affected by the deaths.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation remained in its early stages and that additional information would be released as it became available.