One person was fatally shot in the Chollas Creek neighborhood of San Diego on Sunday evening, prompting homicide investigators to the scene, according to the San Diego Police Department.
SDPD and the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department responded to the shooting which occurred around 7:24 p.m. on Wightman Street and 3700 Altadena Ave. in the Chollas Creek area, 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.
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.
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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.
Police are asking anyone with information to call SDPD's Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers.
No other information was immediately available. This is a developing story and NBC 7's digital team is working to update this story with more information as it arrives.
