Shooting-suicide on Shoreline Shooting-suicide on Shoreline (August 13, 2004)

Mountain View police is investigating a shooting that seriously injured a woman on Tuesday and the apparent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, who is the suspect.

Police got a call around 2:30 p.m. from the woman, reporting she had been shot in the parking lot behind the Gold's Gym at 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd.

Responding to the scene, police found the woman seriously injured by a gunshot to her upper torso. She was subsequently transported to an area hospital for treatment, according to police spokesperson Jim Bennett.

Preliminary investigation suggests that the suspect drove up in his vehicle while the victim was in hers, fired a handgun and hit her with at least one bullet, Bennett said.

A short time later, Bennett said police found the suspect dead in his vehicle, parked in the A/B lot of the Shoreline Amphitheatre. His cause of death appeared to be a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound, Bennett said.

The woman is said to be in her 40s. The ex-boyfriend and suspect was identified as Robert Corona, 73, of Redwood City, by the county medical examiner's office.

-- Bay City News

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