Manual Correa Obituary, Death; – A man who was fatally shot during a dispute in a Southcrest alley last week has been identified by San Diego police as a 46-year-old resident of the area where the incident occurred.
According to police, Manual Correa was killed on National Avenue near 37th Street shortly before midnight on November 27, as reported by San Diego police homicide Lieutenant Jud Campbell in a news release. Investigators suspect that Correa engaged in an argument with a group of individuals, which escalated to both Correa and another assailant drawing handguns and exchanging gunfire, Campbell stated.
Correa sustained injuries from the gunfire and succumbed to his wounds before paramedics could transport him to a medical facility. Authorities are uncertain whether the other assailant was injured during the exchange. Investigators noted that the shooter departed with the group in a white Lexus prior to the arrival of law enforcement.
