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Lafayette Man Suspected In Walnut Creek Murder-Suicide

In the second such case of its kind to stun the 24-680 Corridor in recent weeks, a man is suspected of murdering a woman – in this case a former girlfriend – before turning the gun on himself. Police responded to an address in the North Homestead neighborhood in Walnut Creek at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday in answer…

Two men accused of leading police on a high-speed pursuit that took them through two counties and ended with a collision in downtown Walnut Creek were charged with several crimes as investigators sought a third man believed to have escaped a police cordon. Jorge Vargas, 20, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon…