The man shot and killed Sunday evening in the Chollas Creek neighborhood of San Diego was identified Tuesday night as 35-year-old Marcelo Barajas, according to the San Diego Police Department.
SDPD and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department responded to the shooting at around 7:24 p.m. on Wightman Street and 3700 Altadena Ave., said SDPD Watch Commander Sgt. Kevin Gibson.
When officers arrived, they found a man in his mid-30s suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body, SDPD Homicide Lt. Steve Shebloski told NBC 7.
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Officers began life-saving measures and called for medics, who transported the man to a hospital. A short time later, the man died at the hospital, according to SDPD.
Currently, police are looking for suspects matching the description of a group of two to three young men in their late teens or early twenties in a dark-colored vehicle, Lt. Shebloski said.
The victim may have been involved in a verbal confrontation with at least one other person prior to the shooting, according to a news release from SDPD.
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Police are asking anyone with information to call SDPD's Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers.
