San Diego Police officers are searching for three suspects who broke into a Rolando Village home Sunday and attacked a man inside, possibly with a machete, according to SDPD Officer John Buttle.
San Diego police received reports from a man stating that his father had been shot in the head Sunday.
When officers arrived, they found a machete inside the home that did not belong to those living there. The man's non-life-threatening head injury is likely a stab or slash from the machete, police said.
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San Diego Fire-Rescue Department medics transported the victim to a hospital.
Nothing was stolen and the home was not ransacked, Officer Buttle said.
Neighbors woke up during the incident and gave police a description of the suspects.
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Three men were seen driving away shortly after in a dark Nissan Altima with silver alloy wheels.
Police described the three men as:
- Adult male, about 18-24-years-old, 5’ 6” tall, weighing roughly 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing all black clothes with white shoes. He had black hair tied up in a pony tail.
- Adult male, about 18-24-years-old, 5’ 6” tall, weighing about 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a ski mask and had brown hair.
- Male, unknown age, unknown build. He was last seen wearing all-black clothes and a black hat with writing on it.
Mid-City division detectives are investigating the incident as an assault with a deadly weapon.
"I'm frustrated that people would do something like that to someone for no reason .. just hurt someone," a neighbor who didn't want to show her face on camera told NBC 7. "They were trying to open the window to get in through the room with a knife, a really long knife."
