A shooting at an Encanto strip mall left one person dead and another wounded Wednesday afternoon.
Witnesses reported hearing about four gunshots shortly after 1:30 p.m. in the area of a trolley station at Akins Avenue and 62nd Street, according to San Diego police.
Responding patrol officers found the victims outside a nearby pawnshop in the 6200 block of Imperial Avenue, SDPD spokesman Mark Herring said.
Medics took them to Scripps Mercy Hospital, where one was pronounced dead. The other patient’s condition was not immediately disclosed.
No description of the shooter or shooters was available by late afternoon.
— City News Service







