ESCONDIDO (KUSI) – A police officer was shot Monday morning after responding to a domestic violence incident in Escondido and authorities were searching for the suspected shooter, police said.
Shortly after 2:45 a.m., officers responded to a reported domestic violence disturbance at a home in the 1300 block of Morning View Drive, just west of Centre City Parkway and north of West Lincoln Avenue, according to Escondido police.
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Police said the suspect was found dead in a vacant apartment at approximately 7:45 a.m.
The Escondido Police Department and allied agencies received information that the suspect was seen in a vacant apartment in the 700 block of West Lincoln.