Overview
- Deputies were dispatched around 12:20 a.m. to the 16000 block of Loose Creek Road in Jamul for a reported assault with a deadly weapon.
- Deputies found no victims at the residence before the Alpine Fire Protection District reported a wounded man had arrived at its station.
- Emergency crews attempted life-saving measures at the fire station, where the unidentified man was pronounced dead.
- The San Diego County Sheriff’s Homicide Unit is investigating, and the victim’s identity is being withheld pending family notification.
- Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or provide anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers, and said the incident appears isolated with no known threat to the community.