Woman, 23, Fatally Shot at Homeless Encampment in Chula Vista

Members of law enforcement were searching Friday for more information about who may have shot and killed a 23-year-old woman found dead in a Chula Vista neighborhood Thursday night.

Patrol officers responding to a 911 call found the victim with a man on the roadside in the 200 block of C Street in Chula Vista shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, according to police.

The woman, who is believed to have been unsheltered at the time, died at the scene.

“Preliminary information suggests the shooting occurred in (a) field behind the Woodland Hills Apartments, north of C Street, an area where unhoused individuals are known to reside,” said Chula Vista Police Department spokesman Sgt. Anthony Molina Friday afternoon.

“Investigators have spoken to the man who was found with the victim, but there is no suspect information publicly available at this time.”

The woman’s name was withheld pending family notification.

City News Service contributed to this report.