By ALEX RIGGINS | The San Diego Union-Tribune | Published: April 28, 2021 SAN DIEGO (Tribune News Service) A man who was shot and killed Saturday after answering an early morning knock at the door of his La Mesa apartment was an active duty Navy petty officer from South Carolina, according to La Mesa police and Navy officials. Corneilius Donte Brown, 22, was an aviation ordnanceman 3rd class assigned to the San Diego-based aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, according to Navy spokesman Brian O Rourke. This is a deep and tragic loss for the Abraham Lincoln family, O Rourke said Tuesday. Our thoughts and prayers are with Petty Officer Brown s family and loved ones.
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Cornelius Brown, 22, was a South Carolina native who was stationed at Naval Base Coronado. (La Mesa Police Department)
LA MESA, CA Police Tuesday publicly identified a Navy man who was fatally shot over the weekend at his La Mesa home.
Cornelius Brown, 22, was shot by one of two unidentified men in ski masks who knocked at the front door of his apartment shortly before 12:30 a.m. Saturday in the 4300 block of Echo Court, according to the La Mesa Police Department. According to witnesses that were inside the apartment, the victim was shot when he answered an unexpected knock at the door, La Mesa police Lt. Greg Runge said.
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LA MESA (CNS) - A 22-year-old man was killed Saturday after he was shot in the chest and neck when he opened the door of his apartment in La Mesa, police said.
The shooting happened at about 12:26 a.m. Saturday at an apartment in the 4300 block of Echo Court, according to Lt. Greg Runge of the La Mesa Police Department.
Witnesses inside the apartment told police the victim was shot when he answered an unexpected knock on the door. He saw two male adults wearing ski masks and black-hooded sweatshirts. One of the suspects immediately opened fire, firing three shots, two of which struck the victim, the lieutenant said.