Overview
- Deputies who responded to a reported assault with a firearm at a home on the 600 block of 11th Street in Ramona found a man and a woman with traumatic injuries who were pronounced dead at the scene.
- Escondido resident Ryan Proffitt, 33, was detained at the residence and booked on two counts of murder in connection with the deaths.
- Authorities are withholding the victims’ identities pending confirmation and notification of next of kin.
- The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office says the circumstances and motive remain under investigation, describes the incident as appearing isolated, and states there is no known threat to the community.
- Investigators have asked anyone with information to call the sheriff’s Homicide Unit or San Diego Crime Stoppers and the case will be updated as the probe and booking process proceed.