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WEBVTT G WORDS TO SAY TOTHE ONE ANDrt ONLY SUSPECT IN THISCASE.>> I NEVER LIKED HIM.MIKE: STANDING OUTSIDE THE HOMEOF A DOUBLE HOMICIDE, MARCELLALUCAS TOLD US SHE HAD BADFEELINGS ABOUT THE MAN WHO LIVEDHERE WITH HER MOM AND SISTER.rt>> THERE WAS A LOT OF RED FLAGFROM THE BEGINNING, TO ME.HER NICKNAME FOR HIM WAS THECONTROLLER.MIKE: MARCELLA rtLUCAS IDENTIFIEDTHE TWO MURDER VICTIMS AS HERMOTHER ERICA WALLACE AND SISTERKIARA LASALLE, A 17-YEAR-OLD WHOHAD JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGHrtSCHOOL.>> THAT'S EVIL.IT'S JUST PLAIN STRAIGHT UPEVIL.I CAN'T EVEN WRAP MY HEAD AROUrtSOMEBODY DOING STUFF LIKE THAT.>> IT'S SAD THAT THAT EVENHAPPENED.IT SAID WE COULD NOT HELP HER INANYWAY.rtBUT I'M GLAD HE'S GONE.I WISH WE COULD HAVE FOUND OUTWHY.MIKE: WHY IS JUST ONE OF THEMANY UNANSWERED QUrtESTIONS HERETHAT IS TROUBLING NEIGHBORSTONIGHT, INCLUDING THIS MAN WHOASKED US TO USE ONLY HIS FIRSTNAME, LU.rtTAKING THE LIVES OF SOMEINNOCENT FEMALES I FEEL THAT WASVERY COWARDLY.WITH THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT, ATLEAST THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN RESTA LITTLE BIT.ANrtD AGAIN, PRAYERS GO OUT TO THEFAMILY.THIS WAS A VERY COWARDLY ACT ANDMAYBE HE'LL MEET HIS MAKER NOW.MIKE:rt WE ARE NOW LEARNING MOREDETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HEREIN THIS DOUBLE HOMICIDE.THE TWO VICTIMS WERE SHOT BY THESUrtSPECT THEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SETTHEM ON FIRE.AS FOR THE WOMEN INVOLVED INTHIS, MARCELLA LUCAS TOLD US HERMOM WORKED OVER AT UC DAVISMEDICAL CENTER IN THE BILLINGDEPARTMENT AND THAT HER SISTERHAD JUST GRADUATED FROM JOHN F.rtKENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL AND HADENROLLED AT SACRAMENTO CITYCOLLEGE.LIVE IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO, MIKE

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The suspect in a double homicide case involving a mother and daughter was killed by Sacramento police in a shootout Thursday, after he opened fired on officers during a traffic stop.The suspect was wanted in the deaths of two women who were found dead Friday night at a home in the 1400 block of Janrick Avenue.Authorities were called to the scene when a carbon monoxide alarm was triggered. When police arrived, officers found the bodies of two women in a bathroom. Both women had died from gunshot wounds and someone had attempted to set their bodies on fire, Sacramento police Chief Daniel Hahn said.The women have been identified as Erica Wallace, 45, and Kiara Lasalle, 17. Both are from Sacramento.“That's evil,” neighbor Ruby Payne said. “It's just plain straight up evil. I can't even wrap my head around somebody doing stuff like that.”Marcella Lucas told KCRA 3 that the victims were her mother and sister. Lucas said she had a bad feeling about the man who lived in their home in south Sacramento home.“There was a lot of red flags from the beginning to me,” Lucas said.Lucas said that her mom’s nickname for him was "The Controller."Lucas said her mother worked at UC Davis Medical Center in the billing department. She said her sister just graduated from John F. Kennedy High School and had enrolled at Sacramento City College.“It's sad that this even happened. We were this close, but it's sad that we couldn't even help her in any way. But I'm glad he's gone. I wish we could have found out why," neighbor Jodi Lane said.Lucas told KCRA 3 the suspect was known as “Dejuan,” but she suspected that was only a nickname. Police have not yet revealed the suspect’s real name.