Criminal
Feb. 9, 2017
Retired Ventura County judge dead in murder-suicide
Herbert Curtis III died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after negotiating with SWAT officers. His victim died of gunshot wounds.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A retired Ventura County Superior Court judge fatally shot his girlfriend then killed himself during a SWAT team standoff this week, shocking attorneys and jurists who worked with him as a prosecutor, on the bench and as a law firm partner.
Herbert Curtis III, 69, died early Monday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after negotiating for about two hours with SWAT officers, said police.
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