Victim of fatal shooting near Chicano Park identified as 18

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The identity of an 18-year-old man who was shot and killed near Chicano Park on Sunday was released Wednesday, the San Diego Police Department said.

The shooting victim was identified as Juan Carlos Porter of National City, according to a statement from SDPD.

On Sunday, officers responded to three separate reports of gunshots around 12:12 a.m., 1:08 a.m. and 2:06 a.m. in the area of ​​Chicano Park, on the Interstate 5 southbound on-ramp from Logan Avenue, according to the SDPD statement.

“At approximately 2:10 a.m. Sunday, a vehicle carrying several males stopped at Paradise Valley Hospital. The occupants challenged a San Diego police officer, who was at the hospital on an unrelated assignment,” the department said in a statement. “The males directed the officer to an occupant of the vehicle who had been shot.”

The victim was taken to hospital, where he died a short time later, police said.

Officers found several shell casings and a vehicle that had been hit by gunfire multiple times, the statement said.

A possible motive for the shooting was unclear and a description of the suspect was not available.

SDPD detectives were trying to locate surveillance video footage of the shooting Wednesday.

Authorities asked anyone with information about the shooting to call the SDPD Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

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