Location: 22700 block of Road 130 and 1200 block of Richard Smith Avenue, Tulare

Incident Date: 10/13/16

Incident Time: 0300 hours

Case Number: 16-12921

Victim: Adult female, 14-month-old girl

City: Tulare

Posted by: Media Relations

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Victim: Michelle Mosqueda, 39, of Tulare

On November 2 2016, Michelle Mosqueda, 39 year old resident of Tulare, succumbed to injuries she sustained after being shot by Larry Zamora on October 13, 2016. An autopsy is scheduled later this week for an official casuse of death.  

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Victim: Eva Zamora 14 month old 

On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office completed an autopsy on Eva Zamora, the 14 month old who was shot by Larry Zamora on October 13, 2016. The official cause of death is listed as traumatic brain injury as a result of a single gunshot wound to the head. 

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On Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16, 2016,  shooting victim Eva Zamora, 14 months, succumbed to the wounds she sustained in this incident. An autopsy will be conducted later this week. Mother is still listed in Critical condition.

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A man suspected of shooting his girlfriend and infant early Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in a home on the outskirts of Tulare took his own life later the same day at another house within the city limits of Tulare after a day-long standoff with members of the Sheriff’s SWAT team and police officers from Tulare and Visalia police departments.

Suspect: Larry Zamora, 37
Victims: 39-year-old woman and 14-month-old girl

At about 3 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, deputies were called to the scene of a double shooting on the 22700 block of Road 130. Upon arrival, they found a woman and her infant, each with a gunshot wound. They were transported to area hospitals in critical condition.

The suspect had fled the scene and the vehicle he left in was found on the 1200 block of Richard Smith Avenue in Tulare. A perimeter was set up and the Sheriff’s SWAT team assembled nearby at a Command Post. 

Neighbors were evacuated for their own safety.

When the SWAT team approached the house where the suspect was holed up at approximately 9:30 a.m., he fired on them multiple times, striking one Tulare Police Officer in his Kevlar helmet. The officer was taken to Tulare Medical Center and was treated and released in good condition.

His helmet saved his life, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said.

The standoff continued into the afternoon with multiple attempts by law enforcement to resolve the incident peacefully. The suspect fired additional rounds during ongoing negotiation attempts by Sheriff’s investigators. At approximately 2:30 p.m., deputies discovered the suspect had died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The Tulare County Sheriff's Office would like to thank the Tulare Police Department, the Visalia Police Department, the California Highway Patrol Air Operations Unit out of Fresno and the Kings County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit.  Additional standby resources were made available by the Porterville Police Department and the Kings County Sheriff's Office.