SAN DIEGO: A woman was struck and killed last night when she walked in front of a car at Clairemont Drive and Burgener Boulevard in Bay Park, San Diego police said.
The victim was not identified.
Police said the woman might have walked into traffic deliberately. They said they were told that she was despondent over the death of her dog earlier in the day.
She stepped off the curb on the south side of Clairemont Drive and was hit about 9 p.m. by an eastbound Volkswagen Beetle driven by a 19-year-old woman.
A man performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the victim before paramedics arrived, but he was not able to save her. She was declared dead at the scene about 9:15 p.m. –P.R.
Four masked carjackers
take vehicle at gunpoint
SAN DIEGO: Four masked men with pistols and a rifle surrounded and carjacked a woman in Normal Heights last night, police said.
The woman, in her 30s, reported about 6:30 p.m. that she was parking her 2001 BMW at her apartment complex on Madison Avenue near 35th Street when the men approached her. They pointed guns at her and ordered her out, then got in and drove off.
Police found the car several blocks away on Meade Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. Two men got in and led officers on a short pursuit until they crashed on Texas Street. A police dog bit one of the men and both men were arrested. –P.R.
Armed man uses lighter
as ruse to hold up market
SAN DIEGO: A robber who pretended he wanted to buy a cigarette lighter pulled a handgun and took money at a Paradise Hills store last night, police said.
Employees at Neighbors Korner Market on Potomac Street reported about 8:30 p.m. that the robber put a lighter on the counter as if he wanted to buy it. He then pointed a chrome-plated, semiautomatic pistol at them and demanded money.
Police said the robber was a Latino in his 20s, 5 feet 10 inches tall and 190 pounds, wearing a black, hooded sweat shirt, jeans and a black ball cap. He escaped before officers arrived. –P.R.
Masked, hooded robber
gets $500 in store heist
SAN DIEGO: A heavily disguised man robbed a Shelltown market of about $500 last night, San Diego police said.
The robber – wearing a black mask, hooded jacket and gloves – confronted two employees and demanded money, then reached over the counter and grabbed the cash himself, police Sgt. Rich Nemetz said. The holdup occurred about 5:50 p.m. at Diamond Dot Market on South 43rd Street.
The workers described the robber as Latino, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and of medium build. –P.R.
