Man Who Died In Shooting at Fallbrook Nursery ID'd

FALLBROOK, CA — Authorities today publicly identified a man who died last week in a shooting that also wounded two other people at a Fallbrook landscaping-supplies business.

Deputies responding to a report of gunfire at Atkins Nursery in the 3100 block of Reche Road shortly before 3 p.m. Friday found the body of Francisco Hernandez Mireles, 69, in a barn on the property, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

The suspected shooter, 76-year-old Enrique Barajas Gutierrez, also was in the outbuilding, Lt. Chris Steffen said. Gutierrez surrendered without incident.

Just outside the barn were two other gunshot victims — a man and a woman believed to be the suspect's daughter, the lieutenant said. Paramedics took them to a hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds that were not believed to be life-threatening. Their names have not been released.

It remains unclear what prompted the shooting.

"The motivation and circumstances are still under investigation," Steffen said Tuesday afternoon.

City News Service