Teen Shot in Neck While Sitting in Car in San Diego County

By City News Service
City News Service
City News Service
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April 10, 2023Updated: April 10, 2023

SPRING VALLEY, Calif.—A 19-year-old man was shot in the neck April 9 while sitting in a car in Spring Valley.

The shooting happened at 2:12 p.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of Kenwood Drive, according to Lt. David Collins of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

The man drove to a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Casa de Oro, about a mile away, where paramedics then rushed him to a hospital, the lieutenant said. The wound was not considered life-threatening.

Investigators discovered a bullet hole in the car.

There was no description of the shooter or a known motive.