EAST COUNTY
A murder charge was dismissed Tuesday against a man accused in his friend’s shooting death last year at a rural East County property near Dehesa.
Daniel Christopher Allen, 50, was arrested on suspicion of murder in the Nov. 19 shooting death of 31-year-old James Owens. Allen previously faced 77 years to life in state prison had he been convicted of murder and several firearm-use allegations in connection with the shooting, which was reported around 10:30 p.m. on Stallion Oaks Road, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
Before deputies arrived, an acquaintance of Owens’ drove him about a mile and a half from the shooting scene, sheriff’s Lt. Thomas Seiver said.
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