UPDATE Thursday @ 4pm: A charity fund has been established to benefit the children of shooting victim Gabriela Parasca.

Tiffany, 4, and Joshua, 3, survive their mother who was gunned down by her estranged husband, Daniel Parasca, 37, yesterday morning in a Phoenix church parking lot.

Tiffany is doing well after undergoing surgery after also being wounded in the shooting.

You can visit any Valley Wells Fargo location to donate to account number 8429137246.

UPDATE 11pm: The man who was the focus of a city wide manhunt all day Wednesday is dead.

Daniel Parasca is believed to be responsible for shooting and killing his estranged wife outside a Valley church this morning.

The Phoenix Fire Department told 3TV they responded to a shooting in the area of 47th Avenue and the Loop 101 in the North Valley and said was related to the murder of the Valley mom in a Phoenix church parking lot earlier Wednesday.

Phoenix police Sgt Stacie Dergie said the suspect was drinking all day with a friend who was unaware of the killing and the day's events. The two were at the Peoria home of a family friend named Angela.

Sgt. Dergie said when the pair arrived at the suspect’s home on West Quail in Glendale they saw police in the area and fled. 

During that time Sgt. Dergie said the suspect confessed of the murder to his friend. 

They both then drove to 47th Avenue and the Loop 101 where the friend dropped the suspect off and then called police. 

As officers arrived, they heard a gunshot and found the suspect inside a run-off water tunnel in the area, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

UPDATE 5:00pm: The following is a press release from the Phoenix Police Department concerning a fatal shooting at a church Tuesday morning.

Begin Release:

Victim #1: Gabriela L Parasca W/F 9-17-77, shot by suspect, died at hospital

Victim #2: W/F 4 years old, daughter of victim #1 and suspect, shot in the knee by suspect, in surgery at the hospital, non-life threatening injury, in custody of family members

Victim #3: W/M 3 years old, son of victim #1 and suspect, uninjured, in custody of family members

Suspect: Daniel Paulo Parasca, W/M 4-1-70, 6’ 1” tall, 210 pounds, green eyes, dark hair

azfamily.com

Daniel Parasca, husband and suspected killer of a woman murdered in a west Phoenix church parking lot.

Suspect vehicle: 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer, Arizona plate 370VWM, appears dark green or black

Details:

On 12-12-07 the suspect, Daniel Parasca, shot and killed his wife, Gabriela Parasca in the parking lot of 16635 N 51st Ave. Gabriela was in the south entrance of the property in a black Nissan SUV with her two children in the car with her. Daniel pulled into the parking lot and shot several times (from his vehicle) into her SUV hitting her and their 4 year old daughter. Daniel got out of his car and took the two children out of the SUV, putting them into his Mitsubishi Lancer and then he drove from the scene. A short time later he dropped their 4 year old daughter off at a nearby hospital. She had been shot in the knee and has a non-life threatening injury. The suspect then dropped their 3 year old son off at a family member’s house in the area of 136th Ave and Acapulco in the city of Surprise. He was last seen leaving that location in the 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer.

Daniel is still outstanding and is believed to be armed with a handgun. We are serving a search warrant at his house at 3912 W Quail Ave in Glendale. We continue to follow up on leads and any information we get regarding his possible whereabouts and have notified all state and local law enforcement agencies.

Gabriela and Daniel are married and this incident is a domestic violence situation, however, we are not releasing any other personal information as to the nature or status of the relationship between them. They are the mother and father of both children.

The property is a church and preschool and it was in lockdown for the majority of the day starting immediately after the shooting. None of the other children or staff members was injured.

If anyone has information regarding Daniel Parasca they can call 9-1-1 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS, 480-TESTIGO (Spanish).

End Release

UPDATE at 3:00p.m.:

PHOENIX - Police have released the identities of the shooter and victim in the fatal parking lot shooting.

The shooter is Daniel Parasca, 37, and the victim is Gariela Parasca, 30.

Police said her 4-year-old daughter is in surgery at John C. Lincoln Hospital and is in non-life threatening condition.

Police are still searching for the suspect.

UPDATE:
Numerous schools were locked down in the Surprise area as police searched for the shooting suspect.

One of the children, a 3-year-old boy, has been found safe at a home in Surprise.

The suspect, who is the victim's estranged husband, reportedly contacted police and is threatening suicide. He says he's in a desert area north of Surprise.

PREVIOUS REPORT:
PHOENIX -- A woman was shot in the head in a church parking lot Wednesday morning and police are searching for the suspect, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.

The victim, who is in her 20s, was shot in the parking lot of Cathedral Christian Center near Bell Road and 51st Avenue.

She was transported to John C. Lincoln Hospital. 3TV has learned that the woman has died.

Two children were reportedly in the mother's vehicle, according to the Department of Public Safety.

The suspect reportedly dropped off the 4-year-old girl at the hospital. She is injured.

The other child is reportedly with the suspect.

Police are looking for the male suspect, who reportedly is in a dark green or black Mitsubishi Lancer with a cracked windshield and license plate 370VWM.

The suspect is described as a white male, 37 years old, about 6 feet tall and 220 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black baseball cap and a black jacket with gold lettering.

3TV has a crew on the way to the scene. azfamily.com and "Good Day Arizona" will have more on this story as details become available.