Santee's Daily Dose

Weather

Thursday is expected to be another sunny day with a high around 75, according to the National Weather Service. There is a 20 percent chance of rain after 11 p.m. on Thursday, with a low of around 50. This chance of rain turns into a liklihood (90 percent) of showers on Friday morning and possibly even thunderstorms after 11 a.m.

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A La Mesa man was under arrest today on suspicion of murder in the slaying of a taxi driver in Lemon Grove over the weekend.

Demetrius Sissac, 19, was arrested at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, San Diego sheriff's Lt Larry Nesbit said without elaboration.

Jalaludin Hamrah, a 39-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan, was found dead in a in his cab, which rolled over in the 3400 block of Main Street around 3:50 a.m. Sunday. Paramedics discovered a bullet wound in his upper body when they pulled him from the wreckage.

Sissac was being held without bail in the San Diego central jail and scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Friday, according to jail records.

Anyone with information on the slaying was urged to call the sheriff's Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

-City News Service

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