SAN DIEGO
Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries they suffered in a solo-vehicle rollover crash in the Point Loma Heights area Sunday night, police said.
The crash happened around 11:10 p.m. on Nimitz Boulevard near Voltaire Street, San Diego police Officer John Buttle said.
A 17-year-old girl was driving a 1999 Ford Explorer SUV northbound in the left lane when a passenger, an 18-year-old man, grabbed the steering wheel and moved it back and forth, Buttle said.
The driver was startled and turned the steering wheel hard to the right, causing the SUV to cross into the right lane and collide with a bridge abutment under Voltaire Street.
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San Diego police said on Tuesday that they had shot and killed Christopher Marquez after a nearly 12-hour standoff on the campus of San Diego High School following a police chase that involved gunfire.
In the weeks prior, Marquez was allegedly involved in an incident on April 5 that involved a stolen car and a gunfight with a National City police officer, and the shooting of a bounty hunter on March 16 in Chula Vista. Investigators said Marquez was able to elude capture after both of those events.
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DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO
A fugitive suspected of shooting at police and private investigators three times within the last month was shot and killed by SWAT officers Tuesday morning, following an overnight standoff in downtown San Diego.
Christopher Templo Marquez, 36, had been holed up in a large trash bin on the campus of San Diego High School for about 11 hours, San Diego police said. Officers opened fire believing he was about to shoot a woman with him in the dumpster.
Police homicide Lt. Matt Dobbs said Marquez had grown increasingly agitated as the standoff stretched on, and he started to take it out on the woman. Police heard Marquez make comments, then saw him push the woman into a position where they believed he was about to shoot her.
A man allegedly opened fire on law enforcement officers Monday night and is holed up in a dumpster with another person on the San Diego High School campus.