33-year-old Eduardo Lopez was shot in the throat and stabbed by his common-law wife... Aide Mendez.
Police say Mendez murdered her 3-year-old son, Isaiah, her 17-month-old daughter, Aliyah, and her 27-year-old cousin, Paul Medina, before killing herself.
Eduardo Lopez is conscious, but he is not able to communicate or talk about what happened Sunday morning inside his home. He is in the critical care unit of
His family says Eduardo was a devoted father to Isaiah and Aliya. The family is shaken by this tragedy.
“No child should be taken like that. It's been very hard but we're trying to stay positive for his sake because he's still very bad,” said Eduardo’s niece Esmeralda Lopez.
His family had to tell Eduardo that his two children were killed.
“It was very hard. We prayed and assured him as a family we'll get through this,” Esmeralda said.
Just before seven Sunday morning... Eduardo ran to a neighbors apartment... saying his wife was trying to kill his children and cousin. Eduardo had been shot in the neck and stabbed.
Fresno Police say 23-year-old Aide Mendez placed her children inside the bathtub and shot them before turning the gun on herself.
Of the children, Esmeralda said: “They were angels and that's what they are now.”
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A video found on an iPad showed Mendez and her cousin Paul Medina smoking methamphetamine just hours before the murders.
Eduardo's family doesn't have any answers yet as to why this happened.
They're trying to make sure he has everything he needs to recover.
The Lopez family has set up a bank account to pay for the funeral of the two children. Donations can be made to the Isaiah and Aliya Funeral Fund at any branch of Bank of America.