The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is investigating a shooting in San Marcos that left one person dead and another injured, and forced a nearby elementary school into lockdown.
The shooting was reported at around 1:35 p.m. on West Borden Road east of North Las Posadas Road. Deputies got to the scene and found a 19-year-old on the ground near the entrance of a nearby park with an apparent gunshot wound to his upper body, deputies said in a release sent Wednesday night. In the passenger seat of a nearby vehicle, a 20-year-old was found with an apparent gunshot wound to his neck.
The 19-year-old died at the hospital and the 20-year-old was in critical condition as of 7 p.m., according to deputies. Investigators don't know the relationship between the two victims.
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Deputies are looking for a suspect but have not released a description.
Behind police tape along West Borden Road, patrol cars were seen surrounding a dark-colored SUV partially stopped on the curb of the street. It is unclear if the 20-year-old was found in that SUV.
Nearby Paloma Elementary was placed on lockdown, according to San Marcos Unified School District spokesperson Amy Ventetuolo. The school is not open for regular session but is hosting a district winter camp program. About 40 kids were on campus at the time of the lockdown, Ventetuolo said.
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The district was trying to reunite the children with their parents as of 3 p.m. It was also working with deputies to make sure the children don't witness any law enforcement activity, Ventetuolo said.
