SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A man who was found with a gunshot wound during an Oak Park car crash investigation later died at the hospital, San Diego Police said.
At around 10:54 p.m. on Thursday, police received an emergency call regarding a car that crashed at the intersection of 60th and Michael streets.
San Diego Fire-Rescue crews and SDPD officers arrived to find the wreckage and an unresponsive man in the driver’s seat. Emergency responders saw that the man had a single gunshot wound to his upper body, SDPD officials said.
ABC 10News learned officers located several bullet casings nearby.
After crews attempted life-saving measures at the scene, the victim was taken to the hospital for further treatment. Police confirmed the victim, who was identified as a 25-year-old Hispanic man, died at the hospital at 11:42 p.m.
SDPD officials said Homicide Unit detectives “learned the victim was possibly involved in some type of verbal altercation with two other males in the nearby area. During that altercation the victim was shot prior to driving his vehicle a short distance before crashing at the intersection of 60th Street and Michael Street. The suspect(s) in this case are described as being possibly Hispanic males.”
Detectives are working to locate witnesses, obtain any surveillance video, and gather any other evidence in the case.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call the Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
