Crime & Safety
37-Year-Old Man Killed in Shooting in East County IDed
Kevin McCalla was found lying on a sidewalk in an apartment complex at about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Authorities today publicly identified the 37-year-old man killed this week in a shooting at an apartment complex in an unincorporated area near El Cajon.
Kevin McCalla was found lying on a sidewalk in the Pepper Creek apartment complex at 1475 Graves Ave. about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday by deputies dispatched to investigate reports of gunfire and a disturbance, sheriff's Lt. Jeffrey Duckworth said.
Duckworth said investigators believed McCalla was a "temporary resident" of El Cajon.
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McCalla suffered gunshot wounds and was unresponsive and without a pulse, Duckworth said. Paramedics attempted to revive the victim, but he died at the scene.
Sheriff's investigators did not immediately identify any persons or vehicles of interest.
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Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to call the sheriff's department at (858) 974-2321, after hours at (858) 565-5200 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
—City News Service
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