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Victim in San Marcos shooting identified

17-year-old Isaac Shekhayem, a San Marcos resident, was shot and killed last week.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The San Diego County Sheriff's Department has identified the 17-year-old victim of a shooting in San Marcos last week, according to a Tuesday press release. 

San Marcos resident Isaac Shekhayem died after being shot in the upper torso May 15.

The Sheriff's Department is still investigating the shooting as a homicide. Deputies do not have suspect information. 

The fatal shooting occurred in a parking lot in the 900 block of Los Vallecitos Boulevard, just west of the San Marcos Boulevard off-ramp of state Route 78, at about 11:30 p.m. May 15, according to the Sheriff's Department.

While in the parking lot, an unknown car pulled over, and a suspect got out of the car and fired several rounds toward the group.

The department received the report from a Palomar Medical Center Escondido staff member, who reported Shekhayem had been taken into the emergency room by two companions with a gunshot wound to his upper body.

Shekhayem died at the hospital.

An autopsy completed May 17 said the preliminary cause of death was a gunshot wound, and the manner of death was a homicide.

The Sheriff's Department is asking anyone with information about the shooting to call the Homicide Unit at (858) 285-6330, and after hours at (858) 565-5200. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

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