On Saturday, June 25 at approximately 1:45 a.m., the San Diego Police Communications Center received a report of a male with a gunshot wound to his upper body. His friends had brought him to a local hospital for help. Medics transported the male to a second hospital for a higher level of trauma care. The male is still alive, but unfortunately, he is not expected to survive his injuries.

He is described as an 18-year-old Black male. His name is not being released at this time.

Officers from Eastern Division responded to begin the preliminary investigation. Around the same time, officers from Mid-City Division were responding to check the area of 6400 El Cajon Boulevard based on multiple radio calls reporting gunshots. They located the scene where the victim was shot. Due to the nature of the victim’s injuries, the Homicide Unit responded to investigate.

It is very early in the investigation and detectives are still working to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Based on preliminary information, it appears that the victim and his friends were at a party in the area of 4800 Art Street. Shortly after they left the party in their vehicle, and turned westbound from Art Street onto El Cajon Boulevard, the victim was struck by a bullet.

Detectives are still working to determine if there was some sort of altercation or incident at the party prior to the shooting. A second bullet believed to be fired during this incident struck an apartment complex window on the south side of El Cajon Boulevard. No one was injured at the apartment complex.

There is no suspect information at this time.

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