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OC Man Shoots And Kills Sister, Self After Work Fight

WESTMINSTER (AP) — Police in say Orange County say a man who killed his sister and then turned the gun on himself was a 34-year-old living with his mother in Westminster.

Westminster Police Cpl. Cameron Knauerhaze said Saturday investigators have found that Frank Munoz shot his sister -- 23-year-old Vanessa Munoz -- then himself at their' mother's home where both lived.

Knauerhaze tells City News Service the siblings had been arguing over Frank Munoz's contributions to the family because she worked and he didn't.

Police say Vanessa Munoz was found dead in the hallway and Frank Munoz in the backyard by police responding to reports of several gunshots on Thursday night.

Their mother told police she had watched her son shoot her daughter and she fled from the house until they arrived.

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