Crime & Safety
Woman Fatally Shot In Chula Vista
The woman, believed to have been homeless, died at the scene.
CHULA VISTA, CA — Authorities Friday sought to determine who carried out a late-night shooting that left a 23-year-old woman dead in a neighborhood near Sweetwater River Park.
Patrol officers responding to a 911 call found the victim with a man on the roadside in the 200 block of C Street in Chula Vista shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, according to police.
The woman, believed to have been homeless, died at the scene. Her name was withheld pending family notification.
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"Preliminary information suggests the shooting occurred in (a) field behind the Woodland Hills Apartments, north of C Street, an area where unhoused individuals are known to reside," Chula Vista police Sgt. Anthony Molina said Friday afternoon. "Investigators have spoken to the man who was found with the victim, but there is no suspect information publicly available at this time."
— City News Service
