At least one dead in Little Italy shooting; officer shot at 2nd scene
San Diego police were investigating a deadly shooting in broad daylight Wednesday in San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood and a shootout involving police a short while later.
Police were called to Ash and Union streets, near the Simone Little Italy apartment complex, around 8:20 a.m. Police confirmed at least one person had died.
Don Stevenson, told NBC 7 that he witnessed the incident near Ash Street
"I was pulling up to a job site," Stevenson said," a guy walked up to a car and shot ... two people and took off running."
About 45 minutes into the investigation of that shooting, San Diego Police chief Scott Wahl said at a news conference held around 10 a.m., officers from the San Diego Harbor Police who were in the area assisting in the suspect search located the suspect, who fired at them and shot an officer in the hip.
"We believe he's gonna be OK but his status in unknown," Wahl said.
About an hour later, there was a large police presence at a second scene about a mile away, in the 2200 block of Kettner Boulevard, close to Juniper Street. Harbor Police told NBC 7 that an officer had been hit by gunfire during a shootout there, about a mile away from the first shooting, and that a suspect was down at that location.
Wahl began the news conference by saying, "This could have been much worse."
This is a developing story. Details may change as information is released.
