Tag: San Diego Police Department

Man Stabbed During Fight in Old Town San Diego

SAN DIEGO—A fight between two men on an Old Town-area roadside escalated Nov. 28 into a stabbing that left one of them wounded, authorities reported. The 30-year-old victim had just left Old Town Transit Center and was standing at the intersection of Pacific Highway and Taylor Street when the other man, whom he did not…


Masked Man Robs Point Loma Heights Gas Station

SAN DIEGO—A male suspect wearing a blue surgical mask pushed an employee of a Shell gas station away from the cash register and took money from the Point Loma Heights business Nov. 19 evening. The robbery occurred about 7 p.m. at the station at 4201 West Point Loma Boulevard, according to San Diego police Officer…


Man Shot in Shoulder While Leaving Halloween Party With Girlfriend

SAN DIEGO—A 21-year-old man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound when he was shot in the right shoulder Oct. 29 morning while leaving a Halloween party with his girlfriend in the College West community of San Diego, authorities said. The shooting victim’s girlfriend was not injured, the San Diego Police Department reported. The pair were walking…


Boy Shot, Man Stabbed Near Apartment Complex in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—Detectives are attempting to determine whether the shooting of a 16-year-old boy and the stabbing of a 19-year-old man near and in an apartment complex in the Nestor community of San Diego are related, authorities said. Officers received a radio call at about 11:45 p.m. Aug. 19 involving a shooting and located the 16-year-old…


San Diego Man Wounded in Shooting When Drug Deal Goes Bad

SAN DIEGO—A 20-year-old man was shot multiple times while sitting in his vehicle waiting to make a drug transaction in the Azalea/Hollywood Park neighborhood, the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said July 30. The victim told police that at 6:49 p.m. Friday he drove to the 2300 block of Sumac Drive to meet with someone to…


Girl Shot in Back While Riding in Car in Little Italy

SAN DIEGO—A 17-year-old girl was shot in the back July 16 while riding in a car in Little Italy, police said. The incident happened at 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a group of people from a motel went to get gas at a station on Pacific Highway and Laurel Street, said Officer O’Brien of the San…


San Diego Sees Exodus of Officers After Vaccine Mandates, Anti-Police Sentiment

The San Diego Police Department lost 236 officers last year—the highest number in a decade—citing the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, high cost of living, and anti-police sentiment among reasons for leaving, according to a department spokesman. San Diego Police Department spokesman Lt. Adam Sharki told The Epoch Times that “the persistent and negative law enforcement narrative in…


Man Killed in East San Diego Park

SAN DIEGO—Homicide detectives are investigating on April 30 the death of a 31-year-old man in Teralta Park in East San Diego. Just after 3 a.m. on April 30, police received a call about a man down on the sidewalk along a bike path in Teralta Park at 4050 Orange Avenue, said Lt. Steve Shebloski of…


Video of Fatal Police Shooting in Little Italy Released

SAN DIEGO—Authorities released on March 11 uniform-worn-camera footage of the fatal shooting by law enforcement personnel of a woman who charged them with a large kitchen knife, stabbing one in the chest, as they were trying to evict her from her Little Italy condominium. Yan Li, 47, was struck repeatedly by gunfire when three San…


Afternoon Shooting in San Diego Leaves Man Dead, Another Injured

SAN DIEGO—A 27-year-old man was killed and a second man was injured in a shooting in front of a neighborhood market near Mount Hope Cemetery in Mountain View on Feb. 15. San Diego Police Department (SDPD) officers were called about 2:40 p.m. to the 3600 block of Ocean View Boulevard on multiple reports of the…