SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego Police are investigating a shooting in the Chollas Creek area that left one person dead Sunday.
According to police, the shooting was reported in the 3700 block of Altadena Avenue at around 7:23 p.m.
Officers responding to the reports of gunfire arrived to find a man “lying in the street suffering from at least one gunshot wound to his upper body,” police said.
The man was rushed to the hospital for treatment, but he was pronounced dead less than an hour later.
While the investigation into the shooting is in the preliminary stages, SDPD Homicide Unit detectives learned the victim “may have had a brief verbal confrontation with at least one other male in the area immediately preceding the shooting.”
Detectives are interviewing multiple people who were in the area when the shooting occurred and are checking for any surveillance video footage that might have captured the incident.
According to police, the suspected shooter is believed to be a Hispanic or white male in his late teens to early 20s. The suspected shooter was wearing dark clothing and may have left the scene in a dark-colored vehicle.
Police identified the victim as a 35-year-old Hispanic male.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the SDPD Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
Sunday's shooting happened just blocks away from where another one broke out, near 54th Street, on July 22.
