Michelle Booker-Stewart, 51, a Black woman, was found fatally wounded at her home in San Diego’s Oak Park neighborhood on the morning of July 26, 2025. Police were called at approximately 9:47 a.m. to the 5500 block of Timothy Drive for a report of a domestic-violence shooting. Officers and San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel attempted lifesaving measures after finding her with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, but she died at the scene.
Inside a separate room of the residence, officers discovered her husband, Nathaniel Stewart, 57, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Investigators determined the incident appeared to be a murder-suicide, and authorities emphasized there was no known ongoing threat to the community. The San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit assumed the investigation that day.
In the days that followed, officials publicly identified both Michelle and Nathaniel, confirming the domestic-violence nature of the killing and reiterating the initial findings at the scene. Local coverage echoed the timeline and circumstances, noting the call for service, where each victim was found, and that Michelle died despite immediate aid. The reporting also recorded how colleagues and local nursing organizations mourned her, remembering her commitment to care.
No arrests were made because the suspected shooter died at the scene. Police asked anyone with additional information to contact detectives or Crime Stoppers as they completed the casework consistent with a murder-suicide investigation.
