Vincent Sanchez arrested in double murder homicide on Harris

On March 26, 2014 at 1757 hours, Eureka Police officers were dispatched to 2109 Harris Street
in Eureka on a citizen’s report of an injured person in the house at that location. Officers entered
the house to render first aid and found a man deceased with what appeared to be a gunshot
wound to the head. Officers checked the rest of the house for other persons who may need help
and found a second person deceased as well. He too suffered from a gunshot wound to the
head.

Based on evidence collected at the scene investigators believe the crime was a double homicide.
One person was detained at the scene and now has been arrested as the lone suspect in the
murders. Investigators will continue to process the scene for the rest of today. The deceased
have been identified but their names are being withheld until family members have been notified
by the Coroner’s Office.

The suspect is Eureka resident: Vincent Earnest Sanchez, DOB: 04-30-1985 who was
booked into jail for two counts of homicide.