Body Found in Burned Home After Shooting

Santa Clara police said a man was found fatally shot outside a home in the 600 block of Enright Avenue on Friday afternoon, and officers later discovered a second body inside a house that caught fire on the same street. The shooting was reported at about 12:30 p.m. on May 8, according to local television reports citing police. A fire broke out shortly afterward at a nearby residence, and investigators spent hours working around structural damage before entering the home. Police said Saturday they were investigating whether the two deaths were connected. ### How did the second body come to light? Santa Clara police said drones helped locate human remains inside the rear of the burned residence on Friday evening. Officers and fire personnel could not immediately reach the body because the structure had suffered significant damage, according to police statements reported by ABC7 and NBC Bay Area. Investigators entered the home at about 11 a.m. on Saturday after it was declared safe enough to search. (abc7news.com) ### Where did the shooting and fire happen? The incidents unfolded on Enright Avenue, between Homestead Road and Saratoga Avenue, in Santa Clara near the Cupertino border, local outlets reported. Police said the man who was shot was found outdoors in front of a residence. The house fire occurred on the same block, a short distance from where the shooting victim was discovered. (abc7news.com) ### What have police said about a possible motive or threat? Santa Clara police told KRON4 and other local outlets they believed the episode appeared to be a targeted attack. Police also said there was no further threat to public safety. Authorities had not publicly identified a suspect in the immediate aftermath, and they had not described how the fire started beyond saying they were investigating whether it was linked to the shooting. (ktvu.com) ### Who were the victims? The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner identified the two dead men on Wednesday as 52-year-old Mark Heflin of Santa Clara and 49-year-old Matthew Heflin of Bloomington, Indiana, according to ABC7, KRON4 and CBS Bay Area. Authorities did not say whether the two men were related, though the outlets reported they shared the same last name. The medical examiner’s office had not, in those reports, released additional details about the circumstances of each death. (kron4.com) ### What evidence has surfaced from the scene? ABC7 reported that surveillance video showed one man shooting another multiple times minutes before the house fire. NBC Bay Area reported that officers initially searched the neighborhood for a suspect and were examining whether the same person may have set the fire after the shooting. Police have not publicly released the video themselves, and they have not announced an arrest. (abc7news.com) ### What happens next in the investigation? Santa Clara police said the case remained under active investigation as of the latest local reports. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner is expected to determine the causes and manners of death for both men. Anyone with information was asked by local broadcasters to contact Santa Clara police as detectives continue to examine the shooting, the fire and whether the two scenes were part of the same attack. (abc7news.com) (abc7news.com)