MAN WALKING ON I-805 STRUCK, KILLED

A pedestrian was struck and killed Friday evening on Interstate 805 south of state Route 94, authorities said.

It happened around 6:15 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the freeway approaching Market Street, according to a California Highway Patrol incident log.

A few minutes earlier, a 911 caller told a CHP dispatcher that a man was walking across the freeway. The witness reported he was in the far-left lane, then ended up in the far-right lane, and was ultimately struck near a middle lane.

Witnesses at the scene told Highway Patrol officers that the vehicle that struck the pedestrian left the scene, according to the log.

The pedestrian died at the scene.

A traffic alert was issued in the area, and authorities briefly shut down all lanes of north I-805.

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Young man stabbed in stomach during fight

A young man was stabbed in the stomach Friday night during an altercation between two groups at Seaport Village in downtown San Diego, according to police.

The victim’s injuries were serious but not expected to be life-threatening, Harbor police Sgt. T.D. De La Peña said in a news release.

It happened about 7:40 p.m. at the tourist destination on the San Diego Bay off Harbor Drive and Pacific Highway, De La Peña said. The victim, thought to be in his late teens or early 20s, told officers that two groups of people had been in an argument that escalated to a physical confrontation.

During the fight, the victim was stabbed in the stomach, and the person or people responsible for the stabbing fled, De La Peña said. As of late Friday, there were no suspects in custody and Harbor police were investigating the incident.

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Fire damages 3 units at apartment complex

Three apartments were damaged in a fire late Friday night in the Oak Park neighborhood, San Diego fire officials said.

The blaze was first reported shortly before 11 p.m. at the Hillside Views Apartments on Bayview Heights Place, near Kelton Road and state Route 94.

When fire crews arrived, they found a ground-floor apartment heavy with smoke and flames that were spreading to the unit above, San Diego Fire-rescue Battalion Chief Tommy Charpentier told Onscene TV.

All occupants escaped. One person suffered minor injuries but was not transported to a hospital.

The fire damaged three units, and utilities were shut off to all eight apartments in the building.

The American Red Cross was called out to assist displaced residents.

The cause was under investigation.

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Suspect arrested in June slaying of man

Police on Friday announced the arrest of a suspect in the slaying of a man found pinned under a car after being shot and dragged by the vehicle last year in Mount Hope.

Fernando Arellano, 20, is suspected of killing 56-yearold David Aviles on June 20, according to San Diego police homicide Lt. Andra Brown.

The killing occurred on F Street between Morrison and 41st streets.

Arellano was arrested Thursday afternoon in Tecate, Mexico, and turned over to U.S. authorities at the border, Brown said.

The night Aviles was killed, several 911 callers reported hearing gunshots, and police officers arrived to find the victim pinned underneath a dark-colored Honda that had been abandoned by its occupants,

Brown said.

An autopsy confirmed the San Diego resident suffered gunshot wounds and blunt forces injuries from being dragged and run over.

While investigating the slaying, Brown said, detectives learned Aviles had been involved in some sort of altercation with the occupants of the Honda before shots rang out and Aviles was dragged “for a good distance.” Witnesses told police Aviles and a friend may have been going to the friend’s car to retrieve some cigarettes when the altercation occurred.

Witnesses also told police that at least two or three people fled from the Honda after Aviles was shot and dragged, Brown said last year.

Jail records showed Arellano was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in San Diego Superior Court.

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Massage therapist robbed of cash at spa

A man pretending he wanted a massage robbed a massage therapist Friday evening at a spa in San Diego’s Grantville neighborhood, police said.

It happened about 6 p.m. at Zhen Spa Massage on San Diego Mission Road near Rancho Mission Road, San Diego police Officer Robert Heims said.

The bandit walked into the business and asked for a massage, but after being led to a back room, he pulled out a gun and demanded money from the massage therapist, Heims said.

The employee handed over cash and then ran out the front door.

Police arrived and searched for the man, who was believed to have fled out the back door, Heims said. The robber was described as a roughly 5-foot-5-inch Hispanic man in his 20s with brown eyes.

He wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and blue face mask.

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