Mass Casualty Incident Declared In San Diego; Active Shooter ‘Down,’ Police Say

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CALIFORNIA — Police responded to an active shooter incident in the UTC neighborhood of San Diego Sunday evening. The scene is at the La Jolla Crossroads Apartment complex on Judicial Drive.

As many as 7 victims have been shot—-the gunman was killed by police.

Local media says the suspect was reloading his gun throughout the incident at a pool area.

KSWB reported: A witness said he saw three people had been shot on a sidewalk at the apartment complex. He ran into the clubhouse and looked out the windows. He saw two other bloody people and one of them was crawling to the other trying to help.

“We looked at the pool area where the shooter was sitting there with a beer in one hand and a gun in the other,” a witness told FOX 5. “The suspect looked pretty relaxed, pretty relaxed.”

The witness said he saw police officers approach the pool area. He said the gunman started shooting at the officers, but they shot back at him.

Police have asked residents to shelter-in-place and want witnesses to stay on scene.

A motive was not known. The investigation is ongoing.

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