A shooting at an apartment complex outside El Cajon left a man dead, the San Diego Sheriff‘s Department reported Thursday.
Deputies dispatched around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday to look into reports of gunfire and a disturbance at the Pepper Creek apartments at 1475 Graves Ave. were directed to the victim, who was lying on a sidewalk within the complex, according to sheriff’s Lt. Jeffrey Duckworth.
The man, who was about 35, was found with apparent gunshot trauma. He was unresponsive and without a pulse, the lieutenant said. Paramedics attempted to revive the unidentified victim, but he died at the scene, Duckworth said.
Duckworth said investigators did not immediately identify any persons or vehicles of interest, but personnel from the Homicide Detail, Crime Laboratory and the Santee Sheriff’s Substation have launched an investigation.
Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to call the sheriff’s department at (858) 974-2321, after hours at (858) 565-5200 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
— City News Service
