{"id":29257,"date":"2017-02-07T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=29257"},"modified":"2017-02-07T14:01:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:01:10","slug":"retired-california-judge-fatally-shoots-girlfriend-hours-long-swat-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=29257","title":{"rendered":"Retired California judge fatally shoots his girlfriend, then himself after hours-long SWAT standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"trb_ar\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_main\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_la\">\n<aside class=\"trb_embed\" data-content-id=\"92518779\" data-content-size=\"leadart\" data-content-type=\"image\" data-content-slug=\"la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\" data-content-subtype=\"photo\" data-role=\"sc_item imgsize_ratiosizecontainer\" data-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_media\">\n<figure class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_figure\" data-role=\"imgsize_item\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_img\" title=\"khaim\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 750px, (min-width: 1060px) calc(100vw - 559px), (min-width: 840px) calc(100vw - 419px), (min-width: 800px) 800px, 100.1vw\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/350\/350x197 350w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/400\/400x225 400w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/450\/450x253 450w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/500\/500x281 500w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/550\/550x309 550w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/600\/600x338 600w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/650\/650x366 650w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/700\/700x394 700w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/750\/750x422 750w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/800\/800x450 800w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/850\/850x478 850w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\/866\/866x487 866w\" alt=\"khaim\" data-baseurl=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5899e57b\/turbine\/la-jserna-1486480830-snap-photo\" data-c-nd=\"866x487\" data-role=\"imgsize_srcsetdisplayitem\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"trb_embed_related\" data-role=\"lightbox_metadata\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_related_credit_and_caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Judge Herbert Curtis in 2001. (Steve Osman \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\">\n<figure class=\"trb_ar_by_i_f\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"trb_ar_by_i\" title=\"Joseph Serna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-561d406d\/turbine\/la-bio-joseph-serna\/70\/70x70\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-561d406d\/turbine\/la-bio-joseph-serna\/140\/140x140 2x, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-561d406d\/turbine\/la-bio-joseph-serna\/210\/210x210 3x\" alt=\"Joseph Serna\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pm\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au\" data-byline-withoutby=\"\"><a class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/la-bio-joseph-serna-staff.html#nt=byline\">Joseph Serna<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pm\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a class=\"trb_ar_by_cl\" href=\"mailto:joseph.serna@latimes.com?subject=Regarding:%20%22Retired%20Ventura%20County%20judge%20fatally%20shoots%20his%20girlfriend,%20then%20himself%20after%20hours-long%20SWAT%20standoff%22\" data-role=\"sc_sEmail\">Contact Reporter<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_dateline\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_page\" data-role=\"pagination_page\" data-content-page=\"1\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Investigators were looking for a motive Monday after a former prosecutor and\u00a0retired judge\u00a0fatally shot his girlfriend and then himself after a standoff with a SWAT team in Ventura over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20216 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/los_angeles_times_logo-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"los_angeles_times_logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/los_angeles_times_logo-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/los_angeles_times_logo.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Authorities say 69-year-old Herbert Curtis III barricaded himself inside a home in the 5500 block of Dorsey Street on Sunday night with his girlfriend after neighbors called police reporting possible domestic violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-inread sm-screen\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOfficers arrived on scene and attempted to make contact with the individuals inside the <\/span>residence,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> when officers heard what they believed to be multiple gunshots coming from inside,\u201d Ventura police said in a statement.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Officers set up a perimeter and a SWAT team negotiator began communicating with Curtis, who said he was armed, police said. During a standoff that lasted more than two hours, a\u00a0SWAT team listening device picked up Curtis\u2019 girlfriend, Patricia Payne, 54, saying she had been shot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"trb_ar_sponsoredmod trb_barker_mediaconductor\" data-adloader-networktype=\"mediaconductor\" data-role=\"delayload_item\" data-screen-size=\"desktop\" data-withinviewport-options=\"bottomOffset=100\" data-load-method=\"trb.vendor.mediaconductor.init\" data-load-type=\"method\" data-vendor-mc=\"\" data-mediaconductor-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"tlod\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When more gunshots were heard from inside the home, the SWAT team moved in, police said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Curtis shot himself and was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Payne was taken to a hospital, where she died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Curtis was a Ventura County Municipal Court judge from 1984 to 1998. He was then appointed to the Ventura County Superior Court, where he served until his retirement in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe news of his passing is met with great sadness,\u201d the court\u2019s assistant presiding judge, Kent Kellegrew, said in a statement. \u201cJudge Curtis invested decades of service to the county of Ventura, initially as a criminal prosecutor and thereafter as a judge. The court acknowledges Judge Curtis\u2019 contributions and extends its condolences to his family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The events that led to Sunday night\u2019s incident were\u00a0not immediately known, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"trb_embed trb_filmstrip trb_filmstrip_list_item\" data-content-embedlocation=\"Embed + (2)\" data-content-id=\"87974872\" data-content-size=\"large\" data-content-type=\"gallery\" data-content-slug=\"la-news-video-playlist\" data-content-subtype=\"premiumvideoplaylist\" data-role=\"sc_item gallery carousel gallery_container imgsize_ratiosizecontainer lightbox_container\" data-state=\"gallery_captionClosed\" data-carousel-options=\"moveby=1&amp;filmstripcarousel=true\" data-embed-id=\"87974872\">\n<div class=\"trb_filmstrip_related_panel\" data-role=\"carousel_videopanel multimedia_videoloaded mediamanager_playlistvideo\">\n<aside class=\"trb_embed \" data-content-embedlocation=\"Embed + (2)\" data-content-id=\"92518589\" data-content-size=\"large\" data-content-type=\"video\" data-content-slug=\"la-90-seconds-4-stories-you-cant-miss-video-20170207\" data-content-subtype=\"premiumvideo\" data-role=\"sc_item mediamanager_container \" data-state=\"carousel_activepage\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_media\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_related\" data-role=\"gallery_item lightbox_metadata\" data-pagenumber=\"1\" data-pagecount=\"50\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Investigators were looking for a motive Monday after a former prosecutor and\u00a0retired judge\u00a0fatally shot his girlfriend and then himself after a standoff with a SWAT team in Ventura over the weekend.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Authorities say 69-year-old Herbert Curtis III barricaded himself inside a home in the 5500 block of Dorsey Street on Sunday night with his girlfriend after neighbors called police reporting possible domestic violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOfficers arrived on scene and attempted to make contact with the individuals inside the <\/span>residence,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> when officers heard what they believed to be multiple gunshots coming from inside,\u201d Ventura police said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Officers set up a perimeter and a SWAT team negotiator began communicating with Curtis, who said he was armed, police said. 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