Teen Shot In Jaw In City Heights Alley
Schools In Area Locked Down As Precaution
POSTED: 2:20 pm PST February 9, 2010
UPDATED: 2:55 pm PST February 9, 2010
SAN DIEGO -- A shooting in a City Heights alley left one person wounded Tuesday.The gunfire in the 4300 block of 49th Street was reported shortly after 1:30 p.m., according to San Diego police.Officers and medics arrived in the area to find a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound to his jaw, SDPD Detective Gary Hassen said. The severity of the injury was not immediately clear.Authorities locked down three nearby campuses -- Euclid, Fay and Ibarra elementary schools -- while police searched for the assailant and gathered evidence, Hassen said.
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