SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A 34-year-old man was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of killing a 59-year-old man in the parking lot of a University Heights eatery.
Patrol officers responding to a report of gunfire shortly after 2:45 a.m. Wednesday found 59-year-old Ernesto Gonzalez with apparent trauma to his upper body in the parking lot of the McDonald’s at El Cajon Boulevard and Texas Street, according to the San Diego Police Department.
Paramedics took Gonzalez to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Despite the report of gunfire and two patrol officers in the area believing they heard gunshots a knife was found at the scene and the cause of the victim’s death was not immediately clear, Lt. Matt Dobbs said.
SAN DIEGO
Police on Friday identified the 44-year-old man who was shot to death Wednesday night on a residential street in Oak Park as Bao Tien Duong.
Duong was gunned down about 9:30 p.m. on Collura Street between Chollas Parkway and Chollas Road, according to San Diego police homicide Lt. Matt Dobbs.
Residents in the area heard a gunshot and went outside, where they found the victim down in a front yard suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound, Dobbs said.
Medics took Duong to a hospital, where he died.
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“It is still very early in the investigation and little is known about the circumstances leading to (Duong’s) death,” Dobbs said in a news release. “We do not have any suspect information to share at this time.”
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NATIONAL CITY
A woman who hunkered down overnight in a San Diego trash bin alongside a fugitive during a SWAT standoff had spent several days on the run with him, a National City police official said Wednesday.
Janeth Iriarte, 33, was with fugitive Christopher Marquez during an 11-hour standoff that ended Tuesday morning when San Diego police shot Marquez to death, fearing he was about to kill Iriarte. Police pulled Iriarte from the container uninjured.
Hours later, National City police booked Iriarte into jail on suspicion of vehicle theft and being an accessory to a crime after the fact. She is accused of helping Marquez lay low after he opened fire on police in the South County city last week. It’s not clear if or when she will be arraigned on the charges, and it was not immediately known if she had an attorney.