A man believed shot in San Marcos yesterday later died in an Escondido hospital; another man stabbed in the same incident was expected to survive, authorities said.
Palomar Medical Center staff called Escondido police about 4:15 p.m. to report someone had dropped off the two victims at the emergency room, police Lt. Mark Wrisley said.
A man who had been shot in the head was put on life support. Hospital security detained the person who brought the men there, Wrisley said. Police were told the assaults occurred off Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos.
The case was handed over to the Sheriff's Department. Sheriff's Lt. Jim Bolwerk said the hospital notified investigators shortly after 9 p.m. that the shooting victim had died.
– Pauline Repard
Skateboarder, 19,
seriously hurt by car
RANCHO PENASQUITOS – San Diego police yesterday continued to sort out an incident Tuesday night that left a 19-year-old skateboarder hospitalized with serious injuries.
Police believe the incident began about 9:20 p.m. when four young men riding in a silver car on Calerdon Road near Ellingham Street confronted two skateboarders and threw eggs at them, San Diego police Sgt. Diane Wendell said.
The skateboarders went home, then returned to look for the men who threw the eggs, and found them.
At one point, police said the driver of the car turned out the headlights and drove toward the skateboarders. The skateboarder was hit by the car, which drove off, police said.
Police yesterday contacted the men who were in the car and were to examine the vehicle involved for damage. Officers also were to interview the victim. There have been no arrests.
– Joe Hughes
Bat-wielding man
hits car passenger
SHELLTOWN – An 18-year-old man was struck with a baseball bat after he stuck his head out of car window that had just been hit with a brick Tuesday night, police said.
The victim suffered serious head injuries in the 10 p.m. assault on Nodica Avenue, San Diego police Sgt. Diane Wendell said.
Police said the assault began after the victim and three others were driving around looking for a party and their car windshield was shattered by the brick.
The victim leaned out the window to see what happened and was struck by someone who was swinging a bat in the street and uttered a gang challenge, police said.
– Joe Hughes
Street argument
ends in stabbing
GRANT HILL – A 20-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach after a verbal confrontation with another man escalated on Market Street on Tuesday, police said.
The assailant ran off after the 4 p.m incident and the victim was hospitalized with a wound not believed to be life-threatening, San Diego police Sgt. Diane Wendell said.
– Joe Hughes
