On Wednesday, June 22 at 11:09 p.m. the San Diego Police Department received a 911 call of shots fired and a male lying on the ground along the 4100 block of Voltaire Street in Point Loma Heights. Officers responded and located a male with a gunshot wound to his upper torso. The shooting victim was pronounced deceased at the scene after life saving measures failed.
The suspect, 32-year-old Thomas Francis Burke, was arrested on Thursday, June 23, without incident in the downtown area of 16th and F Street. Burke was booked into the San Diego County Jail on one count of murder. The victim has been identified as 34-year-old Jess Matthew Robles of Pacific Beach. The suspect and victim in this case were acquaintances.
Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to call the San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.