A homicide investigation was underway Thursday after the bodies of a 12-year-old boy and his 44-year-old father were found in a home in Hemet, and the killer was believe to live at the home.
Authorities began to receive 911 calls at 11:28 p.m. Wednesday about two people who appeared to be dead inside a home in the 400 block of Winthrop Drive (map), according to a news release from the Hemet Police Department.
Officers responded and found the bodies of a boy and a man in the home, the news release stated, calling the case a double homicide.
The victims were later identified as Deon Boyd and Deon Boyd Jr., and the attacker was believed to live in the same house as them, according to Lt. Dean Evans with the Hemet Police Department.
The suspect was identified as Quilik Lamont Walton, 23.
He was taken into custody in the 28500 block of Shady Tree Lane in the Winchester area, according to a news release from police.
The attack did not appear to be random, investigators had said.
KTLA’s Scott Williams contributed to this article.
