Fatal shooting of mother, son was murder-suicide 3 vehicles slam into car abandoned on freeway
A shooting that left a 46-year-old mother dead and her adult son mortally wounded in Linda Vista on Monday afternoon has been determined to be a murder-suicide, San Diego police said.
The woman has been identified as Hue Le, said San Diego homicide Lt. Andra Brown. The son, identified as 28year-old Justin Le, died Tuesday — a day after his mother.
The shooting was reported shortly after 3:15 a.m. Monday at a home on Crandall Drive, east of Linda Vista Road and west of state Route 163.
When officers arrived they found two injured people inside the home, both suffering from apparent gunshot wounds to their upper bodies.
Officers provided first aid until paramedics arrived and transported the two to a hospital. No other details were immediately available.
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Garage fire causes $60K in damage, displaces five
CITY HEIGHTS
Five residents were displaced after a fire gutted a City Heights garage and spread to part of the adjacent house early Wednesday morning, San Diego Fire-Rescue officials said.
The blaze broke out just before 7 a.m. at a home on Wightman Street near 46th Street. When fire crews arrived they found smoke and flames coming from a garage.
Video shot by OnScene TV showed the garage engulfed in flames. Firefighters removed some charred items, including a metal chair, and piled them next to the structure.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Capt. Chad Willenberg told OnScene TV the garage fire extended into the home but was quickly knocked down. He said firefighters were able to keep it from spreading to nearby homes. No one was injured.
Investigators with the Metro Arson Strike Team were trying to determine what caused the fire, said department spokeswoman Mónica Muñoz. She said the fire cause an estimated $60,000 in damage — $50,000 to the structure and $10,000 to the contents.
The five adults who were displaced were helped by the Red Cross, which placed them in temporary lodging.
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LA MESA
A driver crashed a Honda Accord into the center divide of north state Route 125 in La Mesa early Wednesday and then ditched the wrecked car, which was hit by three other vehicles.
The initial crash was reported shortly before 4:40 a.m. south of Lemon Avenue. The car was left in a traffic lane.
Moments after the initial crash, a 25year-old woman driving a Toyota RAV4 struck the disabled Honda, followed by a 50-year-old man from Arizona in a BMW 325 who also hit the Honda, said California Highway Patrol Officer Travis Garrow.
They were followed by a 45-year-old San Diego man driving a Cadillac Escalade who was unable to avoid hitting the wrecked Honda in the traffic lane.
All three drivers were transported to a hospital to be treated for minor to moderate injuries.
Garrow said it unknown if the driver of the Honda, who ran away after crashing the Honda, was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash.
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Man falls off bicycle, suffers head injury
BALBOA PARK
A man who fell while riding a bicycle on a trail in Florida Canyon in Balboa Park Wednesday morning suffered a head injury and had to be extricated by San Diego firefighters, a fire official said.
The man, who was not wearing a helmet, apparently was found by other people riding along the trails near Zoo Place and Park Boulevard shortly before 10 a.m.
The man suffered a major head injury, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Rick Ballard.
Video by OnScene TV showed nine emergency responders helping to carry the man out of the canyon on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance.