Crime & Safety
Authorities ID Man Found Dead Outside Valley Center Library
Deputies found Escondido resident Jose Manuel Ortiz mortally wounded inside a parked car on Monday. The unidentified shooter fled the scene.
SAN DIEGO, CA – Authorities released the name Wednesday of a 28-year-old man who was shot to death by an unidentified assailant this week outside Valley Center Library.
Deputies responding to a report of a two men fighting found Escondido resident Jose Manuel Ortiz mortally wounded inside a parked car in the 29200 block of Cole Grade Road shortly after 7 a.m. Monday, according to sheriff's officials. The victim died at the scene.
The unidentified shooter, believed to be in his mid-20s, fled in an older-model white car with a black driver's-side door, Lt. Greg Rylaarsdam said. Witnesses said several other people were in the vehicle along with the assailant, the lieutenant said.
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