Overview
- Deputies responded around 8:58 p.m. Friday to an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon call on the 13000 block of Sundown Road in Victorville.
- Three people were found with gunshot wounds, and two women — 48-year-old Ayanna Smith and 26-year-old Annaya Scott of Cerritos — were pronounced dead at a hospital.
- A third victim, a 28-year-old man from Redlands, remained hospitalized, with his condition not released as of Sunday.
- Investigators identified 45-year-old Sydney Smith of Victorville as a family member suspect and arrested the individual on suspicion of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
- Smith was booked into High Desert Detention Center and is being held without bail as the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department continues its investigation, asking anyone with information to call 909-890-4904 or contact WeTip at 800-78-CRIME.