SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A man was arrested Sunday in connection with two shootings the left one person dead and another injured.
San Diego Police said suspected shooter Eric Bryant Serrano Perez was taken into custody following a lengthy chase that ended near Mission Bay.
The 34-year-old Perez is accused in a deadly shooting in Bonita on Sunday morning.
According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded at around 5:30 a.m. to a shooting reported in the 2900 block of Equitation Lane in Bonita.
ABC 10News spoke with Jay English, a neighbor who lives in the area. English’s security cameras captured the sound of two loud shots being fired at 5:28 a.m., followed by the sound of sirens.
“My alarm went off at 5:20. I hit snooze thankfully … a couple minutes later I heard a loud pop,” said English, who described the neighborhood as a typically peaceful equestrian center.
“It’s a surprise. Also I feel lucky. If I didn’t hit snooze … based on what I have heard about the interactions this morning, I would have been out here at the same time everything went down,” he said.
When deputies arrived, they found the victim on the ground. The victim man was rushed to the hospital, where he later died.
Sheriff's officials identified the Bonita shooting victim as 54-year-old John Wesley Dooley. He was a transient and living in the area, officials stated.
Shortly after the shooting in Bonita, authorities said another person was shot in the arm in the area of 700 Cardiff Street in San Diego's Lomita area, a neighborhood just west of state Route 125. The victim in the Lomita shooting was expected to survive.
San Diego Police were able to track down Perez in a Chevrolet truck believed to be present at both scenes.
After locating Perez, police said he sped away and led officers on a lengthy chase, which ended when he crashed on Interstate 5 near Mission Bay. At that point, a K-9 unit was used to subdue him.
Perez was arrested and a shotgun was recovered from his car, per SDPD.
Officials say at this time the relationship between the victims and suspect is being investigated, as well as a possible motive.
There is no further threat to the public at this time, per deputies.
Jail records showed Perez was scheduled to be arraigned on April 12.
