MARIN COUNTY, CA. (THECOUNT) — Retired San Francisco Police Department Sgt. Kevin Mannix is suspected of fatally shooting his wife, former SFPD Deputy Chief Ann Mannix, and their daughter before taking his own life Sunday at their home on Strawberry Circle in Marin County, California, according to sources cited by ABC7 San Francisco.
Marin County sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired inside the home in Mill Valley at approximately 5:03 p.m. Sunday, October 11. The caller had exited the residence before deputies arrived. Inside, authorities found three people dead.
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An internal San Francisco Police Department email obtained by ABC7 identified Kevin and Ann Mannix among the deceased. Sources told ABC7 reporter Dan Noyes that Kevin Mannix shot his wife and daughter before shooting himself. Authorities have not publicly released a complete account of the circumstances.
Ann Mannix rose through the SFPD ranks to become deputy chief of the Field Operations Bureau in 2018. The following year, she was assigned to oversee the department’s Special Operations Bureau, according to SFPD records. She also made history as the first woman to join and later lead the department’s SWAT team.
Kevin Mannix retired from the San Francisco Police Department in June 2018 after 27 years of service.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation remained in its early stages and that there was no known threat to the wider community.
Strawberry is an unincorporated community near Mill Valley in Marin County, north of San Francisco in the Bay Area.
Google Maps: Strawberry Circle, Strawberry, California
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