A domestic disturbance reported at a hair salon in San Francisco Bay turned into a gun fight that ended with three people killed on Saturday. A police officer was among the three dead and Martinez police together Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies said they had sent police officers to Elegant Hair Designs as to respond to a disturbance call.

No one inside the hair salon was shot while the salon was full of customers at the time of the attack, including a bridal party. Witnesses said that the man broke a window of the salon and entered demanding to see the owner.

Officials said that the gunman was looking for his ex-wife after the police officers arrived and then went to an apartment complex behind the salon, where gun shots could be heard.

Paul Starzyk, a Sergeant of the Martinez police, was killed during the exchange of the gun shots which happened inside the apartment complex. He was a 12-year veteran of the force and he was quickly taken to the hospital, but was later pronounced dead.

The man who shot and killed the two hasn’t been identified yet, but police officers managed to kill him after he had shot Starzyk and the female.
On Monday, the two identities are expected to be revealed by the authorities.

Martinez Police Chief Tom Simonetti said that "(Starzyk) was one of the best police officers this department has ever seen. He was a friend and a true leader in our department,” while other companions were mourning the loss of the police officer.