Deputies forced entry and found a woman dead, the sheriff’s office said. Residents of both homes involved were upset and did not want to speak to First Coast News on Monday. Neighbors in the Black Creek at Eagle Harbor subdivision watched the standoff from a distance. Up close, the garage and part of the wall of the home is damaged in an otherwise quiet neighborhood. Matthew Gates lives near the Clay County home and watched the standoff unfold. “There was nothing but tapes and ropes and firetrucks, it was kind of a little disturbing,” Gates said. Investigators say Hopkins, a St. Johns County resident, shot his girlfriend, who was not identified, then drove into the home where he killed himself.