Three people were found dead Sunday evening inside a home on Strawberry Circle in unincorporated Strawberry, near Mill Valley, after someone inside the house called 911 to report gunfire, the Marin County Sheriff's Office said.
What authorities say happened
The call came in just after 5 p.m. The caller was still inside and was able to leave the property safely once deputies arrived, sheriff's spokesperson Miguel Almaguer told reporters. Deputies set a perimeter, entered the home, and found three people deceased. Identities and a formal cause of death were not released by the sheriff or coroner Sunday night. Almaguer said there was no indication of an ongoing threat to the neighborhood, and that investigators were waiting on a search warrant to continue work inside.
CBS Bay Area, ABC7, KTVU and NBC Bay Area all reported the same core facts from the sheriff's office: Strawberry Circle, shots reported from inside, a fourth person who called and exited, three dead, no public threat.
SFPD names two retired officers
Separately, Mission Local reported that San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew sent a department-wide email “with heavy hearts” announcing the deaths of Kevin and Ann Mannix, a married couple of SFPD veterans. Kevin Mannix retired as a sergeant at Taraval Station in 2018. Ann Mannix retired in 2021 as a deputy chief overseeing special operations; Mission Local noted she was the first woman on the department's SWAT team and the first to lead it. The outlet said the Mannix family owns a home on the same short street where Sunday's shooting occurred, and that sources indicated the couple were among the three victims. The sheriff's office had not publicly confirmed those identities as of late Sunday.
Where it happened
Strawberry is an unincorporated pocket between Mill Valley and Tiburon, just off Tiburon Boulevard. KTVU noted the home sits on that short residential street. Sheriff's deputies were expected to remain in the neighborhood Sunday night while the investigation continued. NBC Bay Area reported the coroner's office was en route and that the sheriff's office was still waiting on a search warrant to re-enter and process the scene more fully.
What we do not know yet
Authorities have not said how the three people were related to one another, whether a suspect is in custody, or what sparked the violence. The sheriff had not released names as of late Sunday even as SFPD mourned two of its own alumni. An arrest is not the same as a conviction. Anyone with information can contact the Marin County Sheriff's Office.