Victim Identified in Northern San Diego Area-Shooting

Authorities today publicly identified a young man who died last weekend in a northern San Diego-area hospital from wounds he suffered in a predawn shooting that also wounded three teenage boys.

Antonio Junior Calderon Mendiola, 19, and the other victims arrived at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido shortly after 2:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Mendiola succumbed to his wounds at the hospital later in the day.

Two of the surviving victims, ages 17 and 18, remained in intensive care as of Tuesday afternoon, sheriff’s Lt. Michael Krugh said. The other also was still hospitalized, but in stable condition.

The shooting was believed to have occurred in the area of Civic Center Drive in Vista, from which dispatchers received a 911 call shortly before the victims showed up at the hospital, according to the sheriff’s department.

“Sheriff’s homicide investigators are working to gather more information to determine the circumstances and motivation behind this (shooting),” Krugh said. “The investigation is ongoing, and no suspect has been identified.”

-City News Service