Patricia Payne
Name: Patricia Payne
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Race: European-American/White
Date: 02/06/2017
Location: 5500 block Dorsey St
Ventura, California, 93003
County: Ventura
Agency: Ventura Police Department
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: A retired Ventura County Superior Court judge shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself, police said. Ventura police said they responded to a home for a call of a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, officers reported hearing multiple gunshots within the home. Hostage negotiators communicated with 69-year-old Herbert Curtis III for three hours before they rushed into the home. When they entered the home, officers said they found Curtis dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Curtis' girlfriend, 54-year-old Patricia Payne, was found alive but died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Unique ID: 18824
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