A predawn dispute between four men in San Ysidro escalated Monday into a shooting that left one of them dead and two others wounded.
The gunfire erupted about 4 a.m. in the 100 block of East Calle Primera, just west of Interstate 5 and less than a mile north of the U.S.- Mexico border, according to the San Diego Police Department.
Patrol officers found two of the victims near a motel and the third a short distance away, close to a gas station alongside Interstate 5, SDPD Lt. Jud Campbell told reporters. Paramedics took the three to trauma centers, where one of them, an unidentified man believed to be in his 30s, was pronounced dead.
The others two men, ages 20 and 31, were hospitalized for treatment of apparently non-life-threatening wounds.
The unidentified assailant, described only as a Latino in dark clothing, was believed to have fled in a white sedan, Campbell said.
The circumstances that led to the shooting were unclear, though the four men were believed to have lived in the area and seemingly were known to one another, the lieutenant said.
Updated at 4:57 p.m. Jan. 22 2024
–City News Service
