SAN DIEGO -- A local high school student was killed in a shooting in Tijuana, 10News reported.

Jose Labastida, a 17-year-old junior at Mater Dei High School in Chula Vista, was fatally shot Monday while sitting in his black Audi outside his home in the Chapultepec neighborhood of Tijuana. Mexican authorities said more than 60 bullets were fired in the shootout believed to be tied to organized crime. According to authorities, most of the shots came from an AK-47 assault rifle and several bullets struck the teen's windshield.

Authorities said Labastida was apparently trying to escape being kidnapped when he was shot. He was a possible target because his family owns the Calimax chain of stores in Mexico. Labastida's uncle was shot and killed just blocks away from during a robbery almost a year ago to the day.

Thomas Clayton is a former international hostage negotiator who ran a consulting firm in San Diego before retiring in Monterrey. He believes there is no end in sight to Mexico's rampant kidnappings.

"If the drug traffickers find that they can't operate as freely as they had been, they often turn to kidnapping," Clayton told 10News.

He lived in Tijuana but attended the private high school, where he was a promising golfer who hoped to play for the school's team. Labastida began playing golf with the San Diego Junior Golf Association when he was just a little boy.

Labastida was one of six people killed in Tijuana on Monday.

Authorities said they have no leads and no one in custody in connection with the teen's death.