Orange County judge in custody after woman fatally shot at Anaheim Hills home, sources say

An Orange County Superior Court judge was in police custody late Thursday after a fatal shooting in his Anaheim Hills home, according to law enforcement sources.

Anaheim police arrived at a home on the 8500 block of East Canyon Vista Drive shortly after 8 p.m. Authorities have released few details, but three sources with knowledge of the case said Judge Jeff Ferguson was in custody. Two sources said the victim was his wife.

Property records show Ferguson and his wife as residents of the home.

The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record.

Anaheim police would say only that one person was pronounced dead at the scene and another was taken into custody.

Ferguson has served as a judge in Orange County Superior Court since 2015. He previously served over three decades with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.