The San Diego County Sheriff's Department has identified the man who died following the deployment of two deputies' Tasers Saturday.

Mark Roshawn Adkins, 54, of Lemon Grove died hours after the confrontation with deputies in a condo complex on Lemon Grove Way. The neighborhood is south of State Route 94 and west of State Route 125 about 10 miles east of downtown San Diego.

Deputies were called after several people reported seeing a man jumping fences into the backyards and attempting to gain entry into the townhomes.

When deputies found Adkins in a common patio area of the complex, they ordered him to get down on the ground.

Deputies say Adkins refused to comply.

The department issued this statement regarding what happened next:

"Both deputies deployed their Department issued Tasers, striking the suspect. The suspect went to the ground but continued to ignore commands to comply and attempted to stand again. A second round of Taser was deployed with the same minimal effect."

Once deputies were able to handcuff Adkins, they called for medical personnel to evaluate him. The department said this is routine protocol when Tasers are deployed. 

Adkins became unresponsive while being treated by paramedics. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly before noon Saturday.

The death is now a use of force investigation. The cause of death has not been released.

"The results of the autopsy have not been completed and are pending toxicology results," Lt. Kenneth Nelson said in a written news release.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321/after hours at (858) 565-5200. You can also remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

At least 20 people were killed Monday, and hundreds injured, in an explosion at Manchester Arena at the end of an Ariana Grande concert, according to preliminary findings, NBC News reported.

The Greater Manchester police said it was "being treated as a terrorist incident."

NBC News, based on sources, reported at least 20 dead, and police later confirmed 19 people had been killed.

On social media, people shared videos of people rushing from the arena and ambulances arriving.

“I just heard a loud bang right after the concert," Ivo Delgado told NBC News. "Only heard one. People started screaming and going to the other side of the arena. When we left [the main arena] there was smoke and people lying on the floor."

Multiple U.S. officials briefed on the investigation say authorities suspect the incident in Manchester was conducted by a suicide bomber.

Initial reports from the scene relayed to U.S. officials note that a number of the casualties may be from a stampede that occurred after the incident, NBC News reported.

Joseph Carozza, a representative from Grande's U.S. record label, said the singer is OK and they are investigating what happened.

Video from inside the arena showed concertgoers screaming as they made their way out amid a sea of pink balloons.

Many on Twitter were using the hashtag #RoomForManchester to offer spare rooms or other resources. Several hotels in the area were among those offering a room to those stranded in the area, the Manchester Evening News reported.

Facebook activated its Safety Check feature for people to mark themselves as safe or check on friends or loved ones.

The Dangerous Woman Tour is the third concert tour by Grande to support her third studio album, Dangerous Woman. The tour began on February 3, 2017, in Phoenix, Arizona at the Talking Stick Resort Arena.

From Manchester the tour is to move through Europe, including Belgium, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and France, through the summer with stops in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico and on to Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia and more.

Manchester Arena, which can hold 21,000 people, is the largest indoor arena in Europe, according to its website.

A brush fire sparked on Big Rock Road and Shantung Drive in Santee Monday afternoon, confirmed Heartland Fire.

As of 4:42 p.m., the fire spread to 10 acres. Just before 5:20 p.m., the fire was still holding at that size with the rate of spread slowing.

Firefighters are working to box in the fire with continued retardant drops.

Santee Fire crews responded to a vegetation fire at 4:10 p.m. No evacuations have been ordered so far.

Crews are actively responding to the scene, according to Heartland Fire officials. That includes units from Cal Fire, San Diego Fire-Rescue and Heartland Fire.

Cal Fire has two tankers on scene performing retardant drops in an effort to extinguish the flames.

There have been no injuries reported yet, and it was not yet known what caused the fire.

No other information was immediately available.

Please refresh this page for updates on this story. Details may change as more information becomes available.

After a deadly explosion went off at a concert at Manchester Arena in England Monday night, celebrities took to social media to react. 

The explosion occurred toward the end of an Ariana Grande concert. British police said that 19 were confirmed dead and about 50 were injured. No one is in custody and the motive is still unknown. Police are treating it as a terrorist incident until their hear otherwise. 

There are still few details of what happened during the concert by the American singer, but witnesses reported hearing a loud bang coming from near the arena's bars.

Celebrities, politicians and others took to Twitter to offer their thoughts.

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A video that has now gone viral, which shows a little girl being pulled into the water by a sea lion in British Columbia, is being looked at by local experts as an example of what not to do near marine mammals.

The video appears to show tourists feeding a California sea lion bread crumbs. Moments later, the sea lion jumps up, grabs a small child by her dress and drags her into the harbor water. A man jumps in to save her. The little girl appears to be uninjured afterwards.

“With wild sea lions, especially, you don’t want to feed them, you don’t want to interact with them and you definitely don’t want to turn your back on them," said Eric Otjen, who works at Sea World to help rescue injured sea lions and re-release them back into the wild.

Otjen said it is possible the sea lion thought the little girl might have more treats. He added any parents with small children should not let them near sea lions, seals or other wild animals.  

"[When you feed them], it builds an expectation with the animal that they’re going to get something from you," added Otjen.

A possible suicide blast during an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester left witnesses stunned Monday night.

Ivo Delgado, who attended the show at Manchester Arena, told NBC News a loud bang occurred after the event had ended and he was waiting in line to leave. Then he saw smoke, people lying on the floor and someone with a blood face.

Another witness, Robert Tempkin, described confusion after the bang, told BBC that some people said they'd seen blood, while others believed the sound was the popping of balloons.

"It was chaotic," attendee Catherine Macfarlane said. "Everybody was running and screaming and just trying to get out."

A local music teacher claims his school principal is trying to discontinue an award winning music program for students.

“I've built incredible Mariachi, steel-drum, African-drum program,” said Keith Ballard, an award winning teacher with the Sweetwater Union High School District since 1998. “I probably have the most diverse program in America."

Ballard told NBC 7, he has taken the music program at Southwest Middle School to a new level. He said, in part, that is due to donations from parents that are needed to pay for instruments, an instructor and activities.

He said he raises about $8,000 to $10,000 a year.

Ballard said, on Friday, his principal gave him a letter of reprimand, accusing him of creating a culture where everyone has to pay to be part of the program.

But he argued that the principal had been fully aware how he was raising money.

“He’s claiming he went to parent meetings, but he didn’t know I was following up with the kids. That's all I was doing--following up with kids on the donations, gently telling them to remind their parents to send it in, based on what parents wanted to do. I don’t believe that's illegal at all,” said Ballard.

George Edward Cuevas, who has a daughter in Ballard’s music class said, the music teacher “never forced money out of them."

"Never said directly 'You have to give,'" Cuevas said. "This it was all through donations.”

He added that no student was ever left behind on an activity or anything else for lack of a donation.

“I had to pick things up, beg, borrow, whatever I needed to do for the kids," Ballard said. "For me, it’s about the kids.”

Ballard added he is more upset that the principal is accusing him of illegally raising funds for the band, even though the principal was aware of his efforts.

Manny Rubio, a district spokesperson, said he could not speak specifically about this case because it is a personnel issue.

But he told NBC 7 that parents cannot be pressured to pay for any program at school.

“There are definitely allowable donations, but we want to make sure we are following the letter of the law because it is about access," Rubio said. "If a student has a desire to be part of an activity, they have access.”

Rubio said it is a good reminder for parents--no one should pay to play.

The City Council heard from many public speakers Monday about a plan to finance the expansion of the Convention Center by raising hotel room taxes.

In the proposed ballot measure, voters would be asked to raise hotel room taxes to fund a $685 million expansion of the Convention Center.

Backers say the plan would raise $900 million to $1 billion dollars, earmarked for addressing the city’s growing homeless problem. But the Deputy Director of the Independent Budget Analyst told the City Council on Monday that money won’t be available for many years.

“It’s important to note these figures represent projections only over a very long period of time,” said Jeff Kawar.

Backers of the plan to expand the Convention Center said the need remains urgent.

They say, every year, the organization turns away more than 400 conventions due to a lack of space, leaving millions on the table.

The project requires that two-thirds of voters agree to hike the hotel tax, which they have already rejected twice before. The prior proposals did not include funding for an expansion of the Convention Center or for the homeless.

But that’s not the project’s biggest hurdle.

Right now, it’s Fifth Avenue Landing, a superyatch dockage company that controls some land along the San Diego Bay. The company has control over the property rights and wants to build a hotel on the exact same land where city leaders would like to expand the Convention Center.

Incredibly, the city doesn’t even have access to the land where it wants to expand the bayfront Convention Center.

The mayor is currently negotiating with the Fifth Avenue Landing corporation. NBC7 spoke with the projects' backers Monday about what might happen if the city and the company fail to reach an agreement.

Hotelier Mike McDowell said the industry is keeping a positive outlook that the negotiations will be successful.

“We think as community partners, the folks at Fifth Avenue Landing understand their position in terms of allowing a very important civic project to go forward,” McDowell said.

At the meeting, City Council members asked staff for more answers on how the project could move forward or what would happen if Fifth Avenue Landing hangs onto its leasehold to build a new hotel on the site.

City Council members listened to both perspectives on the issue from several dozen people Monday, with more than 80 public comment slips turned in. In the public comment forms, more than 60 people listed that they were opposed to the financing plan and about 15 indicated that they wanted to speak in support of it.

“It is not an urgent need to expand the Convention Center when you have people dying on the streets,” said Susan Morse, one opponent of the project.

McDowell said the industry contributes hundreds of thousands of jobs to the local economy.

“We believe that the expansion of the Convention Center is primary to the growth of the tourism economy, and we’re prepared to tax ourselves basically and work with the community to get that done,” McDowell said at a news conference before the City Council meeting.

A deadly attack in Manchester, England was on the minds of many Monday night--especially those gathered at San Diego State University (SDSU) for a concert.

Monday night, thousands attended a Bryan Adams concert at an open air theater on the campus.

"I'm horrified and sorry that has happened. I try not to think 'well that's over there and I am here,' because things do happen here," said Susie Kuhns.

But Kuhns added that she did not have any concerns about security at the venue.

She was one of thousands who attended the concert just hours after the news broke of the deadly attack in Manchester.

British police said 19 people were killed and about 50 others injured in an explosion, believed to be caused by a suicide bomber. Authorities in Manchester were treating this as a terrorist attack.

At SDSU, security was tight--guards checked purses and bags, and screened before people going into the venue.  

Live Nation put on the concert and is in charge of supplying security, contracting out Elite Services. Campus police, also made their presence known. 

Some people NBC 7 spoke to said, even though the attack in Manchester is a tragedy, they won't change the way they live their life simply out of fear. 

"I'm concerned for how the world is going right now, but it isn't going to stop me from enjoying a night out with my husband," said Kathy Clark.

"After September 11 happened, I asked someone in the military, 'What do I do, what do I do?' He said 'The best way is to live your life. Don't let anybody take you away from that,'" Kuhs added. "So that's what I've done ever since."

California State University San Marcos, University of San Diego, University of California, San Diego and SDSU are checking on all students abroad in England to make sure everyone is okay. 

San Diego Unified School District told NBC 7 Monday night that all their students are safe.

San Diego police (SDPD) were searching for a suspect believed to be involved in a fight in Lincoln Park Monday night.

At approximately 10 p.m., police responded to a report of four people fighting on the 5000 block of Manomet Street near Euclid Avenue.

When officers arrived on scene, they spoke with someone who had a gun, police said.

That person ran from the scene and officers went into a foot pursuit.

Police said ABLE helicopter was assisting in the search.

No shots were fired.

There was no other information available.

Please check back for updates on this story.

New Jersey police say a driver was texting when he slammed head-on into a tractor-trailer, sending the car's engine flying and spillng fuel all over the road.

South Brunswick Police said it's a miracle no one was seriously injured in Monday's crash, calling the accident "entirely preventable."

Pava Dama, 33, was texting while driving a 2007-Volkswagen Jetta when he crossed over the center lane and collided with a 2008 Freightliner, police said.

The force of the crash ruptured the truck’s fuel tank, spilling diesel fuel all over the roadway, authorities said. The Jetta’s engine was ripped out of the car and landed 20 feet away.

Witnesses said they saw the Jetta swerve all over the road just prior to the crash.

"I am not sure what was so critical in a text message that would allow you to take your eyes off the road and hit a tractor trailer head on,” New Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said.

Dama was ticketed for careless driving, failure to maintain the lane, crossing a double yellow line and using a cellphone while driving, police say.

The widow of a Lemon Grove man who died following a confrontation with San Diego County Sheriff's deputies Saturday wants to see an investigation into her husband's death.

Collette Adkins said she checked herself into Scripps Mercy Hillcrest because of the stress building up from watching the video showing deputies using Tasers on her husband.

“To watch your tv and see your husband get killed on nationwide TV by a Taser I can't take it," she said. "It's too much for me."

Mark Roshawn Adkins, 54, died hours after the altercation in the condo complex on Lemon Grove Way.

Deputies received reports of a man jumping fences into backyards and trying to get into townhomes.

“I don’t think so. That's a lie,” said Mark’s widow. “There's no reason for him to get into anybody's home. He got killed right on his own street."

Cell phone video shows deputies yelling various commands Saturday morning for Mark to comply or they would use the stun guns again.

“On your stomach. I will zap you again,” one deputy said in the video. 

Investigators say Mark Adkins was a burglary suspect who refused to follow their commands. Video shows it took three deputies to subdue him.

Collette says her husband’s mother lives down the street from where the incident happened.  But why he was in the complex is a mystery to her.

The 54-year-old, unemployed father attended Lincoln High. Friends say he had his struggles. He was also dealing with mental health issues, according to family members.

“If a person is in a state of mind where they can’t comply, for [deputies] to electrocute them is not the answer,” said Adkins' widow.

She vows her husband's death won't be in vain.

“I’m also praying for justice to be served in this case," Collette Adkins said.

There's a controversial term called excited delirium. It’s the name given to a  condition in which someone with a mental health issue or on drugs dies after being struck by a stun gun or gets into a scuffle with law enforcement.

It'll take weeks before the toxicology report results are released to show what, if anything, was in Adkins' system at the time of his death.

His family has set up an online fundraising page.

A 6-year-old boy’s powerful message on gun violence has resonated with thousands across the country.

Young Jeffrey Laney is afraid for his life and of his loved ones because of gun violence in St. Louis. In a video posted by his mother on Facebook, Jeffrey pleas for "people to stop killing each other."

“My Son has A message for St Louis before bed,” the post read. “Our kids are tired!! Wake up people…”

In the video, Jeffrey says he's "scared to die" and that he "doesn't want nothing to happen to my family.”

Jeffrey’s mother, Leanndra Cheatham, lost a relative to an act of gun violence, the boy says in the footage.

“I’m a kid. And I’m not supposed to be knowing all this stuff,” he says. “I’m not supposed to be knowing about all these guns. I know about all bad stuff I shouldn’t know about. I’m supposed to be learning about school.”

By Tuesday morning, the video had been viewed more than 128,00 times.

His mother wrote Jeffrey had her “in tears” during his speech.

Cheatham, a 28-year-old who works at the St. Louis Justice Center, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she reminds her son “every day that that is the one place he don’t want to be and there are a lot of bad people out there.”

She wrote on Facebook Saturday that what her son said in the video has been keeping her up at night.

“I work everyday and take care of pops,” she wrote. “I can’t do nothing but look at him and hurt because he feels that way!! God he is supposed to be enjoying this stage.”

In the most recent test results released by San Diego Unified School District, unusually high levels of lead were found in eight schools. In each case, the levels measured were below state guidelines requiring the district to take action.

As school districts test for lead in their drinking water, they are required by the state to fix problems if they discover lead in water at levels greater than 15 parts per billion (ppb).

Angier Elementary had one kitchen water source return with lead measured at 10.2 ppb.

Language Academy had three positive results: one fountain with results at 5.58 ppb, a classroom sink with a 6.61 ppb result and Kindergarten class sink showing lead levels at 6.13 ppb.

Wegeforth Elementary had three positive results: A cafeteria sink was measured to have lead at 5.85 ppb, a Kindergarten class fountain had levels at 6.12 ppb and one fountain was sampled at 5.16 ppb.

Chesterton Elementary had two positive results: auditorium area fountain and a kitchen faucet return results over 5 ppb.

Euclid Elementary had one outdoor fountain return with a 6.65 ppb result.

Farb Middle School had a fountain in the office return with a 6.97 ppb result.

Garfield Elementary had a classroom sink/faucet receive a 5.26 ppb result.

Kimbrough Elementary had a restroom fountain receive a 5.05 ppb result.

Of the schools within San Diego Unified School District that have been tested, three have tested at a level where action has to be taken.

The three schools are Birney Elementary School in University Heights, Emerson Campus of the Emerson/Bandini Elementary School and the Emerson Campus of the San Diego Cooperative Charter School.

The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) and the American Academy of Pediatrics maintain there is no safe level of lead in drinking water provided to children.

In 2009, California’s health department, OEHHA, set the public health goal for lead in drinking water at 0.2 parts per billion.

Lead poisoning in children can cause symptoms ranging from headaches and hearing or speech problems to learning and behavioral problems or damage to the brain and nervous system.

San Diego Unified School District is publishing test results for each school here.

NBC 7 is mapping the schools and the results. Parents can view how the testing is going and click on each location for updates and links to test results.

NBC 7 is gathering our coverage of concerns regarding drinking water in our special section "Safe to Drink?' here.

The potential for lead contamination in the water supply is greater in buildings built before 1986, according to health, water and city experts.

There are 447 schools across San Diego County built before 1986.

See our map of schools where the risk is greater here.

Frank Subaru debuted new 22,000-square-foot superstore on the National City Mile of Cars on May 22. 

The store’s amenities include a dog park, which will open on June 17 — the day of the official grand opening.

The new National City store will be the largest Subaru dealership in Southern California. Frank Subaru hopes to be the brand’s flagship store in San Diego.

The dealership will have more than 40 service bays and two customer lounges: one equipped with technology and a charging bar, the other emphasizing quiet and relaxation.

Frank Motors also owns Frank Toyota and Frank Hyundai on the Mile of Cars. Ron Fornaca is the president of Frank Subaru.

Ceremonies between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on June 17 will include free pet tags and food for pets and pet parents alike.

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San Diego police have confirmed an arrest in the deaths of two homeless men at an Otay Mesa shopping center.

Ricardo Valles, 52, was arrested by police on Monday at approximately 6:30 p.m. at Palm Avenue and Beyer Way.

Valles, who police describe as a transient, was booked into San Diego County Jail on two counts of homicide.

Curtis Murray, 56, and Albert Stringer, 61 were found by a police officer on patrol at the intersection of Palm Avenue and Beyer Way just before 3 a.m. on May 17. The men appeared to be sleeping in front of a business that was closed, police said.

Police are investigating their deaths as a double homicide, as both men were found with significant injuries to their upper torsos.

Both men were from San Diego but were described as transients, police said.

An unknown man allegedly tried to abduct a female student walking on the Southwestern College campus Tuesday morning but she escaped, police confirmed.

The community college located at 900 Otay Lakes Rd. issued a campus-wide safety alert Tuesday morning detailing the alleged crime.

According to the alert, at around 10:15 a.m., an unknown man driving a full-size white pickup truck attempted to abduct a student walking near the H Street entrance of the campus. The student was able to evade the driver, the college said, and the driver sped away from the campus.

The student was not hurt.

The suspect was last seen driving eastbound on H Street. He’s described as a man in his 30s with a trimmed beard and mustache. He was wearing an orange construction vest, the campus alert said.

Southwestern College police were the first to respond to the victim. They then called the Chula Vista Police Department (CVPD) to report the incident. CVPD Capt. Fritz Reber said there have not been any other attempted abduction reports in the area besides this incident at the college.

As of 11:30 a.m., no arrests had been made; check back for updates on this developing story.