IRVINE – Two people are dead and a man is in custody in a shooting Tuesday at an Irvine home.

The shooting was reported shortly before 1 p.m. on Crystal Circle, said Kim Mohr, an Irvine Police Department spokeswoman.

Police arrested 37-year-old Nolan Pascal Pillay at the home, Mohr said.

The deaths are being investigated as a “domestic incident,” and it’s believed the victims lived at the house, she said. However, investigators are unsure if Pillay also resided there.

The shooting happened in a cul-de-sac of single-family homes about a block from Greentree Elementary. School officials ordered a “soft lockdown,” meaning classroom doors and exterior building doors were locked.

Joyce Dale lives across the street from the shooting site. Her husband told her that he heard yelling from the house. “He heard them say, ‘I’m sorry! I’m sorry!’” she said.

Dale said a man and his two adult sons live at the house, and have been there about 15 years.

Tuesday’s homicides were the city’s first in 2017; there were three in 2016, Mohr said.

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