- Tristan Beaudette, 35, died on Friday when he was shot at a campsite in Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas, California
- Police found him bleeding in his tent but he was pronounced dead at the scene
- The pharmaceutical executive had taken his two daughters, aged two and four, away so his wife could study for an exam
- Police said they were called to the campground following a 911 report of shots being fired at about 4.45am
- His daughters were not injured in the shooting
- Police are treating his death as a homicide but so far have no motive or suspect
A California man was shot dead on a camping trip when a bullet hit him in the chest while he was inside his tent with his two young daughters.
Tristan Beaudette, 35, died after he suffered a gunshot wound to his upper torso at a campsite in Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas in the early hours of Friday morning.
The pharmaceutical executive had taken his two daughters, aged two and four, away on a trip so his doctor wife Erica could study for an exam she was preparing to take.
Tristan Beaudette, 35, died on Friday when he was shot while camping with his two daughters in Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas, California
Police said they were called to the campground following a 911 report of shots being fired at about 4.45am.
Authorities found Beaudette bleeding in his tent but he was pronounced dead at the scene
Authorities found Beaudette bleeding in his tent but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
His daughters were not injured in the shooting.
Police are treating Beaudette’s death as a homicide but so far have no motive or suspect.
Beaudette had a PhD in chemistry from Berkeley and worked as a scientist for a pharmaceutical company.
A GoFundMe page set up for the slain father said he adored being in the outdoors with his two daughters.
‘His wife Erica was preparing to take an exam the next morning. This was their final step before taking well-deserved time off together as a family prior to their relocation to new jobs in the Bay Area,’ the page read.
Police said they were called to the campground (pictured above) following a 911 report of shots being fired at about 4.45am
Police (pictured above at the crime scene) are treating Beaudette’s death as a homicide but so far have no motive or suspect
A GoFundMe page set up for the slain father said he adored being in the outdoors with his two daughters. The two girls were not injured in the shooting
‘They were about to embark on a new chapter in their lives. And then it was all taken away, by a fatal gun shot in the middle of the night, in front of his two young daughters.
‘Not a second goes by that we aren’t grappling with the senselessness of this crime.
‘Tristan, you were such an amazing father, husband, son, and brother. You were admired by so many for your devotion to your wife and two daughters. We are all so fortunate to have known you for your short time on Earth. You were taken from us far too early, doing something you loved with the girls you adored. You will be so dearly missed.’
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
The pharmaceutical executive had taken his two daughters, aged two and four, away on a trip so his doctor wife Erica could study for an exam she was preparing to take
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