Suspect Jailed In Fatal Mount Hope Drive-By Shooting

SAN DIEGO, CA — A Mount Hope resident was arrested Thursday on suspicion of carrying out a deadly drive-by shooting a few blocks from his home last summer.

Anthony Goodrich Austin Jr., 43, was taken into custody Thursday morning at his residence in the 800 block of Raven Street in connection with the slaying of 51-year-old Arthur Williams on Aug. 30, according to the San Diego Police Department.

Shortly before 12:30 p.m. that day, Austin allegedly pulled up next to Williams in a sport utility vehicle and opened fire while the victim was sitting in his vehicle next to Dennis Allen Memorial Park on Gateway Center Way, SDPD Lt. Andra Brown said. Following the shooting, the assailant drove off and fled to the south, Brown said.

Paramedics took Williams to a hospital, where he died from his wounds on Sept. 27.

Police did not disclose a suspected motive for the shooting or reveal what led detectives to identify Austin as Williams' alleged killer.

Austin was booked into San Diego Central Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. He was being held without bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Monday afternoon.

— City News Service