Man Sentenced To 14 Years For Fatal Shooting Of Grossmont High Grad

SAN DIEGO, CA — A man who pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old last year in the College Area was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in state prison.

David Rasean Vereen, 23, pleaded guilty to a voluntary manslaughter count earlier this month in connection with the June 25, 2022, shooting of Kevin Burton.

Police said Burton, then a recent Grossmont High School graduate who was set to attend San Diego Mesa College in the fall, had just left a house party with his friends when he was shot.

According to San Diego police, the victim and his friends were at a party on Art Street. Burton was struck by a bullet as their vehicle turned from Art onto El Cajon Boulevard. A second bullet struck an apartment complex window on El Cajon, police said, though no one was injured by that bullet.
Burton died later at a hospital.

Vereen, a San Diego resident, was arrested on July 1 in the Bay Terraces neighborhood.

— City News Service