The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has released a sketch of a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting that left a victim bloodied on a Spring Valley street last month.
On April 15, just before 6 p.m., deputies found a man suffering from gunshot wounds in the 8700 block of Ildica Street. The victim was bleeding so badly from his head, initial 911 calls reported the man had been beaten with a bat, officials said.
“He had a gunshot wound to his neck on his left side. He was bleeding profusely. I took off my T-shirt, applied to the wound. His dad came up the street to help me out and help to keep him conscious,” neighbor Luke Gant told NBC 7 right after the shooting.
According to witnesses, the victim got into an argument with a suspect right before being shot. The fight may have involved three additional suspects, according to witnesses.
On Tuesday, about three weeks after the shooting, officials released a sketch of the shooting suspect who is being sought for attempted murder. He is described by officials as a tall, thin, Hispanic man between 19 and 25 years old. He had short, black hair, a light mustache, goatee and is possibly unshaven along his jawbone.
Deputies said the man was last seen driving northbound on Sweetwater Road from Ildica Street in a mid to late-2000s shiny, aqua blue, two-door Honda Civic that may have a 6-inch dent behind the driver’s door.
“The wheels on the right side appear to have standard plastic hub caps while the wheels on the left side appear to have black or missing hub caps,” the sheriff’s department explained.
Officials also released a blurry photo of the suspect’s vehicle captured on surveillance tape.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on this shooting should contact the sheriff’s department at (858) 565-5200 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
