Man Fatally Shot In Lemon Grove

LEMON GROVE, CA – Sheriff's detectives Friday were investigating a shooting that left a man dead in Lemon Grove, authorities said.

Dispatchers received reports shortly before 12:10 a.m. of a shooting in the 7400 block of Pacific Avenue, San Diego County sheriff's Lt. Rich Williams said.

Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene and found a man lying next to a parked vehicle with at least one gunshot wound, Williams said.

Paramedics attempted to revive the man, whose name was withheld pending family notification, but he was pronounced dead at the scene around 12:40 a.m., Williams said.

The circumstances leading up to the shooting were under investigation.

No suspect descriptions were immediately available.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene and were investigating the incident.

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