Man Dead in Apparent Homicide in El Cajon: Police

Police are investigating an apparent homicide at an El Cajon apartment complex.

Just before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, a woman called 911 to say her boyfriend needed help at an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Broadway.

El Cajon Police officers found a 38-year-old El Cajon man not breathing inside a unit. Paramedics were unable to save him, pronouncing him dead at the scene.

Before his death, the man called his girlfriend to say he had been in a physical fight and asked her for help, according to ECPD Lt. Frank Lahaye.

The case is being investigated as a homicide, but there is no suspect information at this point.

The victim's cause of death still needs to be determined as well.

If you have any information about this incident, call the El Cajon Police Department at 619-579-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

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