Boy, 17, suffers life-threatening injury in National City shooting

by Roxana Popescu

A shooting Saturday night left a 17-year-old boy with life-threatening injuries.

The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. in National City’s Kimball Park.

National City police responded to a “shots fired” report and found that a group of young people had a dispute, police said. One of them was shot. The suspect fled the scene before the police arrived, police said.

“The victim sustained a life-threatening injury and was transported to a local trauma unit,” National City police said in a news release.

Authorities are investigating. The National City Police Department’s Investigations Division asks anyone with information about the shooting to call 619-336-4411 or submit an anonymous tip to San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477 or online at sdcrimestoppers.org.