Victim Of Fatal Gaslamp-Area Shooting ID'd

SAN DIEGO, CA — Authorities Wednesday publicly identified a man who was fatally shot last weekend in the Gaslamp District.

Patrol officers responding to reports of gunfire at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday found Antwan Bluthenthal, 46, mortally wounded in a third-floor hallway of a building at 701 Sixth Ave., according to the San Diego Police Department.

Bluthenthal died at the scene, SDPD Lt. Lou Maggi said.

When police arrived at the address, several people were on a sidewalk detaining 37-year-old Brian Tyner, whom they identified as the shooter, and they directed officers to a handgun they reportedly had taken from him.

"Investigators have determined that although the shooting occurred on the third floor, both the victim and suspect had visited the Cielo Rooftop Lounge on the fifth floor, which is accessed via an elevator on the third floor," Maggi said. "The third floor houses a comedy club, which was reportedly closed at the time of the shooting."

Police have disclosed no suspected motive for the deadly gunfire.

Tyner was arrested and on Wednesday, he pleaded not guilty to murder and a misdemeanor count of carrying a concealed firearm. He remains in county jail without bail following Wednesday's arraignment.

— City News Service