Murder-suicide in El Dorado Hills

[Matthew]

El Dorado County authorities said a man and his nephew visiting from southern California died after a violent family encounter turned into an apparent murder-suicide Sunday in El Dorado Hills.

Sheriffs deputies responded to an emergency call around 2 p.m. Sunday at the home on the 1000 block of Venezia Way in El Dorado Hills, an El Dorado County Sheriffs spokesperson said.

Investigators said it appeared a man visiting from Orange County threatened to kill himself, then grabbed a knife and threatened to kill several members of his family. The man allegedly chased several family members into the street, where he fatally stabbed a man identified by authorities as the suspect's uncle.

Another man believed to be the male homeowner suffered non-life-threatening stab wounds when he tried to stop the attack.

It was immediately unclear what led to the death of the alleged suspect, although El Dorado County Sheriff's authorities confirmed arriving deputies did Taser the man, who was still wielding the knife.

The circumstances surrounding the incident were under investigation.

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[Robert]

When the deputies arrived on scene and the suspect was armed with a knife, they could have shot him dead. This story gives no time line as to when the suspect attacked/killed and when deputies arrived. Sounds like the suspect had already done his damage by the time officers arrived, and they were trying to take him into custody.

Tell you what, if I was a cop and a guy came at me with a knife, I'd fire two to the body and one to the head

[PPC]

How is this suicide?

[Matthew]

It wasn't . . .

The El Dorado County District Attorney's Office has identified the 33-year-old man who the DA said was responsible for Sunday's stabbing rampage which left one man dead and one man wounded as Behnam Pazoki.

Pazoki, who family members described as mentally ill, was visiting relatives in El Dorado Hills on Sunday when he grabbed a kitchen knife and chased terrified relatives into the street. During the rampage, which occurred on the 1000 block of Venezia Drive, Pazoki stabbed Vahid Seyedin, 47, the owner of the home he was staying at, and killed his uncle Ahmad Pazeky, 58, according the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.

Pazoki was ultimately shot by a neighbor, Shahin Kohan, 47, who witnessed the attack and came to the family's aid armed with a handgun, sheriffs said.

In a press release issued today, the district attorney's office said that after Kohan warned Pazoki to stop, Pazoki turned his attention to him and other neighbors that had gathered around watching the horror unfold.

"Mr. Kohan's actions directly prevented other people and himself from being seriously injured or killed," the release said.

El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson called Kohan's actions heroic in the release.

""All too often the term hero is applied to situations where it is inappropriate...," Pierson said in the release. "Mr. Kohan was a bystander whose quick action, done at great risk to him, likely saved lives and certainly prevented additional injuries. Mr. Kohan, by any definition, is in fact a hero."

Sheriff's Deputies briefly detained Kohan on murder charges following the incident, but quickly released him after the facts of the case were reviewed.

[Silly Rabbit]

Thank you Shahin Kohan, you are a hero.

[Dennis Soibelman]

Thank you Shahin Kohan, you are a hero.
And this is one of the many reasons that California needs to have a law (like Arizona), that allows citizens (with proper training, fingerprinting and the issuing of permits) to carry weapons.