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San Diego County Sheriff’s Department
and last updated 2022-11-12 09:57:07-05
ENCINITAS (CNS) – A 30-year-old man was shot in the leg and the shooter is at large Saturday in Encinitas.
Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriffs Department’s North Coast Station were called at 9:45 p.m. Friday to the Santa Fe Liquor Store in the 500 block of Santa Fe Drive where the victim asked for help after being shot, said Lt. Christopher Lawrence.
Paramedics from the Encinitas Fire Department arrived and treated the victim at the scene.
A witness told deputies the victim may have been in a physical altercation with another man before the shooting occurred, Lawrence said.
The victim was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
The suspect was described as approximately 5ft 6in tall and was wearing a dark hooded jacket and black pants.
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