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LA MESA
A car stuck and killed a 54-year-old pedestrian Thursday on a residential street in La Mesa, authorities said.
Details of how the crash occurred were still under investigation Thursday evening, but the woman was hit about 3:25 p.m. on Harbinson Avenue near Colony Road, about two blocks south of El Cajon Boulevard, according to La Mesa police Lt. Greg Runge.
The victim, whose name was not released, was hit by a 2016 Subaru WRK headed south on Harbinson Avenue, Runge said in a news release.
Police officers and firefighters attempted to save the woman, but she died at the scene, according to Runge.
Neither the SRX driver nor passenger were injured, Runge said.
Drugs or alcohol are not suspected as factors in the collision, Runge said.
Harbinson Avenue was closed in both directions between Colony and Bonita roads following the collision.
Runge said the identification of all parties involved was being withheld pending further investigation by La Mesa police with the assistance of the California Highway Patrol.
Anyone with further information on the collision is urged to call La Mesa police at (619) 667-1400.
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Man arrested on suspicion of shooting at apartment, vehicle in La Mesa [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Police arrested a 29-year-old San Diego man on suspicion of shooting at an apartment in La Mesa on Monday.
The suspect was arrested in San Diego about 11 p.m. Monday, roughly 12 hours after the shooting on Harbinson Avenue, just north of University Avenue.
Police said bullets pierced a window of an apartment and a vehicle parked outside. Two adults and two children were inside, but no one was hurt, Sgt. Dan Herrin said.
Several 911 callers reported the gunfire about 10:40 a.m.
Police did not disclose a possible motive for the shooting or say what led them to the suspected shooter.