A man shot several times in San Diego's Colina Del Sol neighborhood Saturday night is not expected to survive, San Diego Police (SDPD) said.
The shooting happened Saturday evening in the area of 4800 block of El Cajon Boulevard in Colina Del Sol, near San Diego's City Heights neighborhood. Police say an unknown person, possibly wearing a dark hoodie sweatshirt and dark pants, walked up to the victim, identified as David Thorne by family members, and shot him several times, investigators with SDPD said.
The 37-year-old suffered major trauma to his upper body when officers found him on the south side of the street around 8:22 p.m. following a 911 call, police said; paramedics attempted life-saving measures and the victim was taken to a local hospital. He is on life support and is not expected to survive.
Joseph Bonner, the victim's cousin, told NBC 7 San Diego that Thorne is the type of person who always rushing to help someone in need, and the family is still grappling with what happened.
"We just don't know, we don't know what happened," Bonner said. "We have no clue; it could've been a situation where he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time."
Bonner said his cousin is being kept on life support until everyone is able to come say goodbye and the family makes a decision on how to move forward.
"He was shot in the back of the head," he said. "Where he was shot and how he was shot, doctors say there's no hope of survival."
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"I think our focus as a family right now is healing and finding comfort in the bible," he added.
The suspect fled southbound in the east alley of 4300 48th Street, police said.
No further information was immediately available. SDPD's Homicide Unit is handling the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
