An Encinitas man has been arrested after shooting and injuring another man in a fight, officials said.
When San Diego County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home on West Bluff Drive at 4 a.m. Friday, they found Peter Byrne suffering from a single gunshot wound.
Byrne, 41, was shot in the lower hip and told officers that an acquaintance had fired the gun after they got into an argument.
That acquaintance was David Kaufman, Byrne said.
Emergency personnel treated Byrne for his injury, transporting by helicopters to Scripps La Jolla Hospital.
Deputies later located Kaufman, 32, and arrested him on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
“We’re processing the crime scene here as well as interviewing witnesses and the victim in this case,” said Sean Silva with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
