SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A suspect is in custody after a shooting in Clairemont left one man seriously wounded Thursday afternoon and prompted a police manhunt at an apartment complex in the 4300 block of Clairemont Mesa Blvd, according to the San Diego Police Department.
The victim showed up shortly after 2 p.m. at the William Taft Post Office, 5052 Clairemont Drive, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Medics took the patient to Scripps Memorial Hospital, the agency reported.
Shortly after the shooting occurred, witnesses reported seeing a gun-toting man running through the neighborhood, possibly fleeing into an apartment complex off Cole Street, police said.
Officers shut down traffic lanes on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and evacuated people from surrounding sites, including a church preschool, while fanning out through the area.
SDPD reported that kids from nearby preschool were safe and instructed parents to pick them up at Clairemont Lutheran Church located at 4271 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
A SWAT team was called in to help locate and capture the suspected shooter, police said.
Clairemont Drive has since reopened to traffic.