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$1 • Friday, June 28, 2019 • Vol. 126, No. 26 • morganhilltimes.com • Serving Morgan Hill since 1894
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SHOOTING SCENE The Ford Store Morgan Hill was the scene of a shooting that left three dead Tuesday night.
Three die at dealership MORGAN HILL FORD STORE GUNMAN KILLS TWO, THEN SELF TUESDAY NIGHT
Michael Moore Editor
A gunman killed two employees of the Ford Store Morgan Hill before taking his own life at the Condit Road auto dealership Tuesday night, according to Morgan Hill Police.
It was the second multiple murder-suicide to rock the region in two days; five people died in San Jose just two days earlier in one of that city’s worst domestic violence incidents. Officers arrived to the
Ford Store at 6:07pm June 25 after receiving a call reporting a shooting, police said. Upon arrival, police located a dead male on the ground with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and a handgun by his side.
Ford Store staff directed officers inside the dealership, where police located two employees on the floor with apparent gunshot wounds, police said. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not released
the names of the suspect or victims, or the motive or other circumstances surrounding the shooting. Multiple news sources reported the suspect was a former employee of the ➝ Three dead, 2
MHPD case casts nationwide net POLICE ASK VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD Michael Moore Editor
Morgan Hill Police received a tip late last year that turned into a nationwide investigation into the production and sharing of child pornography. As of this week, the
investigation has implicated 18 people, according to authorities. Two suspects identified by police from the initial tip—both South County residents—are accused of producing child pornography by sexually assaulting children on camera, and sharing the images with other alleged criminals.
In hopes of identifying some of the victims found in illegal images and videos uncovered by recent search warrants related to the multi-state investigation, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office June 21 released the name and booking photo of one of the suspects who lives in San Jose.
That suspect, Graham Bessermin, 38, has worked closely with children throughout the region, from Santa Cruz to San Francisco, according to the DA's office. Morgan Hill Police arrested Bessermin at the local police station on Memorial Day, according to Deputy DA O'Bryan
Kenney. Local officers identified Bessermin as the recipient of child pornography material after spending the previous months investigating a tip received in November 2018. Investigators contacted Bessermin and asked him to visit the Morgan Hill ➝ Investigation, 2
(Bessermin) has had a lot of contact with minors and we want to make sure that potential victims can come forward and seek some kind of justice.
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