Crime & Safety
Victim Of Fatal Shooting In East County ID'd
The man was fatally shot by an unidentified assailant in a neighborhood near the intersection of SR-125 and SR-54 in Spring Valley.
SPRING VALLEY, CA — Authorities Wednesday publicly identified a 42-year-old man who was fatally shot by an unidentified assailant last weekend in a neighborhood near the intersection of State Route 125 and SR-54.
Deputies responding to a report of gunfire about 11:15 p.m. Sunday found Donte Lopez of San Diego mortally wounded in the 1000 block of Elkelton Boulevard in Spring Valley, according to sheriff's officials.
Paramedics took Lopez to a trauma center, where he was pronounced dead, Lt. Thomas Seiver said.
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The circumstances that led to the fatal shooting remain unclear.
— City News Service
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