2 Men IDd in Deadly Triple Shooting

A husband shot and killed two men his wife brought home, according to police

A man who police say shot and killed two men who his wife brought home was released from jail after several hours of questioning, Lt. Kevin Rooney said.

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Kamren Halfacre, 19, and Ryan West, 22 went with the woman and her 4-year-old son to her Tierrasanta apartment in the 5300 block of Repecho Drive, police said.

"When they got here, they were met at the door by a man who was armed with a gun," Rooney said. "The males came inside the apartment and they ended up in an argument with the woman's husband. During this argument, the male ended up shooting both of them to death."

The husband called 911 and answered the door holding a gun, police said.

"Telephone in one hand, handgun in another, literally on the phone with police," Rooney said.

He put down the gun and peacefully surrendered.

"He was calm, that's the scary thing, like I'm talking to you right now. He was just really calm," neighbor Mark Davis said. "It was crazy, it was crazy."

When officers entered the apartment they found the two men, a woman and a 4-year-old boy inside. Halfacre and West were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The woman had also been shot, but her injuries were not considered life threatening.

A neighbor said they heard arguing earlier in the evening and said they would regularly hear arguing coming from that unit.

"Oh yeah, there's been trouble in the past with that.  You could hear arguing and all that," Davis said.

"I heard arguing," neighbor Melanie Brewer said. "I know that they argue often."

The circumstances and motive for the shooting were under investigation.

"We're evaluating whether the use of force the man used was self defense as opposed to murdering the two men in the apartment," Rooney said.

The victim’s names were withheld pending notification of next of kin.

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