One person is dead after being shot in the back in the Chollas Creek neighborhood of San Diego on Saturday evening. The suspect has been arrested, officials said.
A call came into police dispatchers at 4:28 p.m. reporting two gunshots heard at Chollas Parkway near 54th Street, which sits on the outskirts of City Heights, near the Chollas Creek area.
When officers arrived, they were directed down into a ravine where a man was found lying and suffering from at least one gunshot wound, according to SDPD Homicide Lt. Jud Campbell.
Paramedics arrived and worked to save the man's life. Police said the man was transported to the hospital but died.
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Officers learned the victim was involved in an argument with two men. One of them pulled out a gun and shot the victim, Campbell said.
"It appears [the suspect] fled in a potentially-light colored vehicle heading east on Chollas Parkway," Campbell said.
The victim has been identified and is described as a 29-year-old man, SDPD Lt. Adam Sharki said in a news release Sunday. Police have not yet released his identity because his family is still being notified.
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Esteban Elizondo was arrested around 11:30 a.m. Sunday during a traffic stop of a vehicle in which he was a passenger, according to San Diego police. He was arrested on suspicion of murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Elizondo was booked into San Diego Central Jail on Sunday without bail.
During the traffic stop that led to Elizondo's arrest, the driver of the car, a 33-year-old man, was also arrested on an unrelated warrant.
There were witnesses, but they were uncooperative, SDPD said.
SDPD's Homicide Investigators have taken over the investigation.
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