Calif. Couple and Dog Are Found Decapitated in Horrific Scene, Son Arrested [Video]

Southern California deputies shot a “bloody male” earlier this week, shortly after authorities founda couple dead in their home.

On Tuesday, July 9, deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call about a domestic assault in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., at around 7:30 a.m. When they arrived at the scene a few minutes later, the sheriff’s department said in a press release, they encountered a “horrific scene.”

According to the department, the bodies of 77-year-old Ronald Gerdvil and Antoinette Gerdvil, 79, were found decapitated and mutilated in the home, and their dog was also found decapitated.

Just a few minutes later, a man who deputies called “bloody,” was spotted chasing a maintenance worker in their San Juan Capistrano neighborhood, before allegedly stealing a golf cart and driving away from the area. Investigators believe that he was responsible for the death of the elderly couple.

A few minutes before 8 a.m., a deputy who was at the initial …