The man and woman involved in a murder-suicide last week were breaking up and moving out of their shared home, according to an Oceanside police homicide detective.

Kirsten Jelinski, 27, had broken up with her boyfriend Jose Beltran, 25 — whom she lived with — about a month ago, according to the detective.

On April 1, the two were packing up to move out of their Oceanside condominium when police say Beltran shot Jelinski in the head before turning the gun on himself.

A neighbor, who had been in the condo earlier that day, saw blood coming from underneath the couple’s bedroom door and called 911. A dispatcher who knew Jelinski took the call and sent officers to their 4215 Vista Del Rio Way address.

When police arrived, they found Jelinski dead. However, Beltran was still alive, so paramedics rushed him to the hospital and put him on life support.

He died the next day, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Jelinski was actively involved in the North County softball community, playing at San Marcos and Mission Hills high schools before making her way to Villanova University for college.

She is now being mourned by fellow local players. Her friend Stephanie Kellie called her “the best person in your life that can help you grow.”

Her friends are planning a softball game on April 19 to raise money for her family. The principal at Mission Hills High School said they are also organizing a moment of silence in May to possibly retire her number.

Residents looking to water their lawns after Tuesday night’s rainfall will have to refrain from doing so.

That’s because city workers will be out enforcing a rule that went into effect in March, banning residents from watering their lawns and landscapes 48 hours after “measurable rainfall.”

Gov. Jerry Brown put in place a statewide mandate last month prohibiting residents from watering their outdoor landscapes and lawns during and 48 hours after measurable rainfall.

For the storm expected Tuesday night, city officials said they do plan to enforce the rule in the coming days.

“To be safe, a good rule of thumb is: if it rained enough to replace an irrigation cycle for your landscape, then skip an irrigation cycle and turn it off for at least 2 days,” the city said in a statement.

The city will be issuing a warning explaining the violation at first, they said, and violations in the future may result in a fine.

Additionally, the city said if it rained enough at your house to replace an irrigation cycle, residents should consider that amount of rain to be measurable and should turn off irrigation for the next 48 hours to avoid a violation.

The rule is raising questions for some residents, many of which said they did not know about the water rule, but others said they already follow the approved rule. Residents are seeing the month-old rule in a new light as a rainstorm rolls in to San Diego County. 

"I wait until it rains,” said Rancho Penasquitos resident Patrick Flaherty. “If it rains, I turn it off, yes." 

The mandatory regulation is part of a larger set of drought regulations approved in March by the city, including switching out hose nozzles, washing cars and other rules.

In those regulations, irrigation is not allowed during a rain event, the regulations state. Irrigation can be used at any time, however, if it is required by a landscape permit, for erosion control, for the establishment, repair or renovation of public use fields for schools and parks and for landscape establishment following a disaster.

"I think it makes sense,” said Rancho Penasquitos resident Marie Bradford. “It's just common sense."

Ten members of the city’s Public Utilities Department are tasked with enforcement of the regulations.

For more on the rules approved in March, click HERE.

Have you spotted someone wasting water? If you want to report a water waster, send an image or video through our homepage at NBC 7 or email isee@nbcsandiego.com.

A man convicted of severely beating a 76-year-old Army veteran during a road rage confrontation in the parking lot of an East County drugstore was sentenced to eight years behind bars Tuesday.

Thomas Sikes, 57, was convicted in late February for the violent attack on Ron Tornocello in part because of video Sikes recorded of the incident on his own cell phone.

Sikes assaulted Tornocello on April 30, 2014, in the parking lot of a CVS Pharmacy at 572 Fletcher Parkway in El Cajon. The attack – which stemmed from an apparent case of road rage – was captured on surveillance tape.

On the tape, Sikes can be seen walking across the parking lot and approaching Tornocello’s car. Sikes opens the driver’s side door and throws a punch at Tornocello’s face. Sikes then flees the scene.

The victim suffered major facial injuries in the beating and had to have two reconstructive surgeries after the incident, including one to repair his badly injured left eye. He was hospitalized for several days.

Police said the fight stemmed from a road rage incident in which Sikes thought Tornocello cut him off. Sikes then followed the victim into the parking lot.

Sikes recorded his confrontation with Tornocello on his cell phone. In the video, as he sits behind the wheel, Sikes can be heard calling Tornocello an “a—hole” and criticizing his driving.

Sikes remained at large for nearly three months after the incident. Police released the surveillance clip in hopes of tracking him down. He was arrested in July 2014.

During Sikes’ trial, prosecutors characterized him as a “violent bully who can’t control his anger.”

The defense argued that Tornocello kicked Sikes in the groin first and the beating was in self-defense.
However, a jury rejected that argument and convicted Sikes.

He faces nine years in prison at his sentencing.

Tornocello made a statement before the court Tuesday in which he discussed how the assault has changed his life.

“I was seriously injured both physically and psychologically. I required several surgeries to my eye. My eye will never be the same. I am physically disfigured permanently,” said Tornocello.

“Now I no longer make the assumption that anyone that disagrees with me or is discontent with my actions for any reason will act in a civilized manner. Now I feel I must be on guard 24/7,” he added.

Tornocello thanked law enforcement for catching Sikes and seeking justice.
 

Dinosaur bones estimated to be 100 million years old recently discovered in Mansfield by a 4-year-old boy are now on their way to Southern Methodist University in Dallas for further study.

The dinosaur bones were first discovered in September next to a Mansfield retail center that was under construction.

Since the discovery, experts have been digging and excavating near the Sprouts grocery store on Matlock Road and Debbie Lane.

When all of that earth and dirt was dug up to make way for the shopping center, a Dallas zookeeper who lives nearby thought he'd be able to find fish fossils.

The whole area was covered in water millions of years ago, said the Dallas Zoo.

Zookeeper Tim Brys thought his son Wiley, 4, would enjoy going on a fossil hunt.

"We commonly go collect fossils as something we can do together to be outside. Wiley enjoys coming with me on my trips," Brys explained.

"We were finding some fish vertebrae in the hillside, and then Wiley walked a little ways ahead of me and came back with a piece of bone. And I paused and was like, 'OK, where did you find this?'"

Wiley didn't know it at the time, but what he discovered was a 100-million year old dinosaur bone, according to experts at SMU's Digital Earth Sciences Laboratory.

Talk about beginner's luck.

"It's probably a once in a lifetime opportunity," Brys said with a smile. "And he was four."

Experts believe the bones belong to a group of dinosaurs called the Nodosaur — about 15-feet long with hard, scaly plates on their back. Nodosaur's were herbivores, and lived in the late Jurassic to early Cretaceous periods.

Wiley was a bit camera-shy and didn't want to talk on camera, but like a true paleontologist he had no problem showing NBC 5 how to properly dig for dinosaurs.

At SMU's Digital Earth Sciences Laboratory the cement-and-plaster casing currently protecting the bones will be carefully broken apart over the next few weeks. Then, the bones can be analyzed and studied by expert paleontologists.

"It was awesome, it was really exciting," Brys said. "It's a really rare dinosaur, it's possible it could even be a new species."

A man saved from a burning office building in Los Angeles' Westlake neighborhood said he is overjoyed he will still be able to spend time with his grandkids.

Dickie Molina and his wife were stuck on the fifth floor of the high rise on West Olympic Boulevard, and had taken refuge next to a window as they tried to get the attention of the people below. Eventually a Los Angeles Fire Department ladder truck was deployed, and the couple made the long descent to safety on the street below.

Tearfully recalling his rescue, Molina said, "(The firefighter) said it is not your time. I still get to see my grandchildren."

The couple had found themselves trapped as the inferno raged through the building, and quick-thinking Molina decided they would be better off staying near fresh air than trying to find their way out inside.

"I knew that usually the fire doesn’t get you, the asphyxiation, the inhalation will kill you, so I said go back in, open up the window," Molina said.

He tried to get the attention of people below by waving, shouting and throwing anything that came to hand.

Nelson Linares was leaving a nearby gym when he saw Molina.

"I just spotted him throwing stuff out of there. I don't know if it was newspaper, paper, trying to get someone's attention," Linares said.

Within minutes a truck was sent to save him, and he was heading down five stories on a ladder.

The fire in the 1500 block of West Olympic Boulevard was reported at 7:45 p.m. The cause of the fire is  unclear.

Several other people managed to escape the flames by evacuating.

An Arizona evangelist who has sparked a whirlwind of controversy with his phone call to an Orlando-area bakery says he's being wrongly portrayed as "anti-gay."

Cut the Cake bakery, in Longwood, tells NBC affiliate WESH it has lost business and faced harassment since last week when evangelist Joshua Feuerstein posted a video of the bakery owner refusing to make a cake that said, "We do not support gay marriage."

Feuerstein talked to WESH 2 News via Skype on Tuesday and said he opposes same-sex marriage, but he has no hatred for the LGBT community.

He said his goal was to show that those on both sides of the issue should have the freedom to refuse service when it conflicts with their beliefs.

"We wanted to see if a pro-LGBT bakery would bake a cake for something that it was opposed to, what they believed in, and you know what, I actually believe that Cut the Cake has every right as an American to refuse to print that on a cake. But now, of course, the news story all across the nation is that I'm a bigot and a homophobe," he said.

As for the impact of Feuerstein's phone call on the baker, he said he quickly removed the posting when he learned that the owners were being harassed.

The bakery owner said she may pursue criminal charges against Feuerstein for recording the phone call without her consent.

It is illegal in the state of Florida to record a phone conversation without the knowledge of both parties. It is not known if Feuerstein taped his conversation with the bakery without informing them.

A GoFundMe account for the bakery has brought in over $14,000 to cover its losses.

The loss of seven people in a small plane crash leaves a "large void in our community and our Red Bird family," Illinois State University Athletics Director Larry Lyons said Wednesday.

"Bloomington-Normal is a small town, and in many respects everybody is touched by this tragedy, and they will all be missed," he said of the victims, one day after their plane went down while returning from the NCAA National Championship game in Indianapolis.

Two staff members of the school's athletics department were killed in the Tuesday morning crash, including Deputy Director of Athletics for external operations Aaron Leetch and Associate Head Coach of the Redbirds men's basketball team Torrey Ward.

Also killed when the Cessna 414 when down on an approach to the Central Illinois Regional Airport near Bloomington were 42-year-old Scott Bittner, who owns Bittner's Meat Co - Eureka Locker, 64-year-old Terry Stralow, co-owner of the popular bar Pub II in Normal, 45-year-old Woodrow Jason Jones of Bloomington, 40-year-old Andrew Butler of Normal, and 51-year-old Thomas Hileman, who was the pilot of the plane.

Lyons was joined at Wednesday's emotional press conference by Redbirds Head Coach Dan Muller and forward John Jones.

"These guys are just father figures to us," said Jones. "Coach Ward, me and him had a personal relationship, not only on the court but off the court. "He was such a good man. He went too early but you can't blame God why."

Illinois State University officials scheduled a memorial service for 6 p.m. Wednesday at Redbird Arena.

Todd Fox, an air safety official with the National Transportation Safety Board Chicago office, said an investigation into the weather, the air traffic control communications, the aircraft and other variables that may have contributed to the crash would be conducted. A preliminary report is expected next week. 

Two suburban Chicago cousins accused of trying to join ISIS and plotting to attack an Illinois military facility pleaded not guilty to terror charges Wednesday.

Hasan Edmonds and Jonas Edmunds, both shackled and appearing in orange jumpsuits, entered their pleas through their attorneys and answered "yes" when Judge Sheila Finnegan asked if they understood their rights. 

Hasan Edmonds, 22, and his cousin, Jonas Edmonds, 29, were indicted earlier this month on charges they tried to provide material support to ISIS. Prosecutors said Jonas Edmonds allegedly planned to attack an Illinois military facility, and they said his younger cousin planned to travel abroad to join Islamic State fighters.

Hasan Edmonds was member of Golf Company 634th Brigade Support Battalion, based in Joliet, according to the Illinois National Guard Lt. Col. Brad Leighton. He reported to the Joliet base one weekend a month.

Jonas Edmonds allegedly communicated to an undercover agent that it might be difficult for him to get travel documents. Therefore, he said he would stage attacks in the U.S., prosecutors allege.

Conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Their next court appearance was scheduled for May 6.

A little more than 50 acres in the Batiquitos Lagoon in Encinitas and Carlsbad will no longer become a 19-unit housing development. The San Diego Association of Governments and Caltrans purchased the space for $6 million to preserve it, officials announced Tuesday.

The Batiquitos Bluffs is made up of two parcels that span La Costa Avenue and El Camino Real in Encinitas. The largest parcel is 47 acres and mostly covers Encinitas; the smaller parcel reaches into the lagoon in Carlsbad and is three and a half acres.

The 50.5 acres of land is a crucial part of the water in that area, as it acts as a buffer that protects the water quality of the lagoon, conservationists say.

The purchase was made to fulfill environmental commitments promised last August under the I-5 North Coast Corridor Program (NCC), which was approved by the California Coastal Commission. These requirements focus on coastal rail and transit enhancements, environmental protection, coastal access improvements and an express lane project.

“Over the life of the North Coast Corridor Program, we expect to spend $250 million to preserve and restore sensitive coastal habitat and improve coastal access at the same time as we build transportation improvements to reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions,” SANDAG Chair and Santee Councilmember Jack Dale said in a statement.

SANDAG made the purchase under its Transnet Environmental Mitigation Program (EMP), which is a half-cent sales tax to fund habitat conservation to alleviate the effects of transportation projects. The land will eventually be overseen by a conservation and land management organization to make sure the area is properly cared for.
 

A Vista resident was searching for her pets Wednesday morning in the aftermath of a fire that broke out in the kitchen of her home.

The blaze sparked just before 4:15 a.m. at a home in the 1200 block of Cinchona Street. A neighbor reported the fire and when crews arrived, heavy smoke and flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the house.

Firefighters battled the blaze and were able to knock it out within nine minutes, containing the fire to the kitchen area.

Resident Katherine Fisher was inside the home with her pets, four dogs and several cats, at the time of the fire. Fisher said she heard loud “popping” noises before she realized her home was covered in smoke.

“I just wanted my animals out,” she told NBC 7.

She managed to safely escape to a neighbor’s house, but some of her pets ran off, frightened by the flames. Fisher was still searching for her pets early Wednesday morning.

No one was injured.

Fire investigators said the fire started in a metal trash can in the kitchen. There were no smoke alarms in the home, officials said. The damage was estimated at $30,000.

What oceanic experts call a “natural phenomenon” is catching locals by surprise at San Diego beaches.

Alberto Michan, who has lived near La Jolla Shores for 27 years, told NBC 7 he never saw anything like the sticky, black and oily blobs he came across during his morning run Monday.

“First I thought it was a marine something, then I picked it up and smelled it. It was sticky and had a bad smell,” he remembered. “They were all over the place. They were from all the way from the beach and tennis club to the pier and even north of that.”

Professor Neil Driscoll with Scripps Institution of Oceanography said the black oil balls are evidence of a natural oil seep from the ocean floor.

“We have seeps here in California where oil comes from the sea floor, and it’s buoyant so it rises to the sea surface, and at the sea surface, it degrades and becomes tar,” he said.

Driscoll assured us that, as far as they know, this substance is not harmful to humans or marine life, as long as it’s not ingested. He said natural oil seeps are uncommon in San Diego, but they do happen. More beachgoers see this natural phenomenon in areas like Santa Barbara, Gaviota and Ventura.

This news is a relief for Michan. Driscoll said he’s happy to hear of the concern because it means residents care about the well-being of our local marine life.

It was a real mile of cars in National City Wednesday morning after a multi-vehicle collision snarled traffic on northbound Interstate 5 near the car dealership strip, Mile of Cars.

The crash happened just after 5:30 a.m. At least four vehicles were involved and two people were injured and taken to local hospitals.

By 5:40 a.m., California Highway Patrol officials had blocked off traffic in at least three lanes of the freeway due to the accident. Traffic was backed up from Main Street and State Route 54 West was also backed up to Reo Drive.

Early morning commuters were advised to use Interstate 805 as an alternate route.

The crash is under investigation.
 

A 29-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter found dead in a New Jersey home Wednesday may have been the victims of carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas generator, prosecutors and relatives say.

Octavia Campbell and her daughter Christiana were found dead in their home on Dodd Street in East Orange at about 10 a.m. Prosecutors say the mother's boyfriend discovered the two when he went to check on Campbell after she didn't answer repeated phone calls. 

Authorities say that a gas generator had been hooked up in the home without proper ventilation, and the power company had cut off electricity for non-payment on Tuesday. It appears there was no working carbon monoxide detectors to warn them of the danger. 

Campbell's father told NBC 4 New York he brought the generator to the home that night so his daughter and granddaughter could have working lights and appliances.

He put it in the basement and told Campbell -- whom the family called "Aki" -- to turn it off after a little while, he said, adding that he thinks she fell asleep and left it running.

There are no signs of trauma or foul play to either of the victims, authorities say. 

Other family members wished Campbell, a single mother who was studying to become a medical assistant and working part-time with her father in his construction business, had asked for help sooner. 

"We would have helped. She didn't need to stay here with a generator," said cousin Karrema Banks. "I believe it must have been an overnight thing, and she was going to handle it herself." 

Campbell's grieving father said, "To have a child like Aki, one would be blessed. I was very lucky to have her." 

Christiana was a "bright little girl, eager to learn" who "lit up the room," her day care teacher Cassandra Davis at Each One Teach One Academy said. 

And Campbell was "always there for us, whenever we had a trip she would go," said Davis. "She was a great mom. Christiana was the world to her." 

Carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless. Here are some ways to protect your family from being exposed:

• Make sure you have working carbon monoxide detectors. You are legally required to have them in the D.C. area. They cost as little as $30 at home improvement stores. Install one on each floor of your home.
• Check your appliances. Gas appliances like ranges, ovens or even clothes dryers can produce carbon monoxide if they're not installed or working properly, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• Have your chimneys and vents inspected every year by a service technician. A block could cause carbon monoxide to back up in to your home.

A Wallingford, Connecticut, man who is accused of placing five harassing phone calls to Sandy Hook Elementary School and accusing staff of fabricating the 2012 massacre will undergo a mental health evaluation and has been ordered not to contact the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Timothy Rogalski, 30, left "four disturbing telephone messages" on the school answering machine on Tuesday morning, according to police. The fifth time he called, he spoke to an administrative assistant.

During the calls, which were placed between 7:02 a.m. and 7:57 a.m., Rogalski referenced several of the 20 students and six educators killed in the school shooting and also claimed the Boston Marathon bombings were fake.

Police said Rogalski also left messages on the machines of two other schools in Newtown.

He was arrested at his home in Wallingford and charged with five counts of harassment and one count of disorderly conduct out of Monroe. Newtown police also issued Rogalski a misdemeanor summons charging him with harassment.

Rogalski, who lives with his father, has prior arrests for marijuana possession, driving under the influence and interfering with police, officials said.

He kept speaking in court, despite advice from his public defender, and said he knows he might have offended people but never threatened anyone and only made five calls. 

"I don't think I said anything that horrible," Rogalski said.

Rogalski is being held on $50,000 and is due back in court on April 22.
 

A judge set bail at $750,000 Wednesday for a man suspected of intentionally setting at least three fires in City Heights — including one to a homeowner’s porch.

Alleged arsonist Rolando Resendiz, 24, was arrested April 3 as he walked near a fire set to the porch of a home in the 5200 block of Ogden Street, police said. Detectives from San Diego’s Metro-Arson Strike Team (MAST) stopped and questioned Resendiz about the fire and he was subsequently arrested.

Prosecutors say the suspect was caught on surveillance video.

Resendiz pleaded not guilty to two counts of arson to an inhabited structure and three counts of arson to property at his Wednesday arraignment.

The judge said someone could've died in the porch fire allegedly set by Resendiz. The judge called the suspected arsonist a danger before deciding on his bail amount.

The defendant's attorney argued that Resendiz has no prior offenses on his record and asked that bail be set at $50,000 instead.

Resendiz's brother-in-law Jordan Thompson said the suspect was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

On April 3, Resendiz went outside to smoke a cigarette because his family didn't like the smoke inside the house, according to Thompson. Though he was near the fire, his relative says he had no involvement in it.

“He’s not the type of person to do this. This seems like an immature thing to do," said Thompson. He told NBC 7 that amid his neighborhood's gang activity, Resendiz always stayed out of trouble.

Evidence collected by investigators linked Resendiz to two other fires set on Landis Street on March 31, officials said. Those involved two mattresses set ablaze in an alleyway near an apartment complex and a fire set inside a dumpster near homes.

Arson has plagued the City Heights community for the past month. Over the course of March, more than one dozen small fires were deliberately set in dumpsters, alleyways, trash cans, beds of pickup trucks and flatbed trailers in the Mid-City area.

One of those fires, on March 5, was also in the 5200 block of Ogden Street — the same block where Resendiz allegedly struck on April 3.

A map of the City Heights fires can be seen above.

As of Wednesday, investigators had not yet confirmed if Resendiz is the suspect in the 12 other arson fires reported in City Heights. It is unknown if there are additional suspects in this arson series.

Thompson claims another fire last night in City Heights proves the suspect's innocence. "He can't set a fire from jail," the brother-in-law said.

The investigation is ongoing. On Friday, officials announced a $2,000 reward was being offered for information leading to an arrest in this arson series.

Authorities in New Jersey say they seized more than 200 pets and farm animals from a couple who sells livestock after finding dozens of dead animals strewn about and piled up at their home, which had no heat or hot water since February, and another property where they kept animals.

Animal cruelty charges are pending against Chad Lloyd, 36, and Kimberly Brown, 23, authorities say. The man and woman already face child endangerment charges for allegedly exposing their two young daughters, aged 3 and 10, to numerous decomposed animals at their home in Independence Township and keeping them in a home without proper heating and supplies.

The investigation began April 1 after an animal control officer corralling some loose pigs the couple owned noticed several dead animals in various states of decomposition strewn throughout and near their property. The officer called the SPCA, which responded and found dozens more dead animals -- a number that "shocked" and "overwhelmed" responding officers, the agency said. Dozens of live animals in need of food, water and medical attention, were seized.

Lloyd told officers that he housed more animals at another property in Lafayette, the SPCA says. When they arrived at that location, they found a “large pile” of dead animals, along with dozens more emaciated and sick creatures. Many of the dead animals on the secondary property were chickens.

The dead animals in the couple's residence included cows, chickens, rats, a piglet and goats, including one left in a room attached to the master bedroom, Lloyd told investigators, according to a criminal complaint. Asked why they hadn't been cleaned up, Lloyd allegedly said he "guessed" he was lazy. When Brown was questioned about leaving the dead animals on the property, she said they hadn't gotten around to it with all the snow, according to a criminal complaint. 

"This is a major case and we will provide updates in the next few days. Horrific undertaking at two different locations that will not soon be forgotten by any of our Officers on scene," The SPCA said in a Facebook post.

The SPCA says that the surviving animals have been taken to animal sanctuaries in the state. Several pigs, goat kids, cows and calves, pheasants, chickens and chicks, ducks, geese, hamsters, guinea pigs, turkeys were rescued from the properties. An emu, partridge, chinchilla and a snake were also seized.

The Barnyard Sanctuary took three infant goats found at the property and said in a Facebook post that one of of the kids died shortly after arriving and that they are fighting to keep a second one alive. 

Two other animals have died since being rescued, the SPCA says. The SPCA is asking for donations to help care for the animals. 

A telephone number for Lloyd has been disconnected, while a number for Brown could not be located. They could both face 20 years in prison if convicted on the child endangerment counts.

It wasn't known if either Lloyd or Brown had retained lawyers.

A man who police say shot his father in the face as they drove along the Schuylkill Expressway in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, did so as his parents took him to rehab.

The revelation about Tuesday evening's shooting came as a judge arraigned Kymere Corbin on 11 counts including aggravate assault, reckless endangerment and carrying an unlicensed firearms on Wednesday.

Corbin, 22, shot his 42-year-old father, Elbert Corbin Jr., with a gun he found in the 2010 Buick LaCrosse as they were driving along the westbound lanes of I-76 near the Conshohocken Exit, according to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by NBC10.

The elder Corbin and his wife were seated in the front of the car at the time. The wife told police that they were taking Kymere Corbin to the Malvern Institute to be admitted for drug and mental health treatment when argument ensued between father and son over the father's involvement in his son's life.

Corbin then stated "look what he gave me!" as he pulled out the pistol, said the affidavit. A struggle ensued, and as Elbert Corbin tried to pry the gun away from his son, the firearm went off, police said.

Corbin remained on the scene following the shooting as his mother fled on foot, said police.

Corbin originally told investigators that his father took the gun from him and shot himself but later recanted and admitted to accidentally shooting his father during a struggle in the car, said police.

Paramedics who were traveling in the area at the time immediately responded and found Elbert Corbin with a large blood stain on his shirt with trauma to his ear and eye. Elbert Corbin told the medics his son shot him as they transported him to Presbyterian Hospital for treatment, said police.

Doctors listed Elbert Corbin in critical but stable condition and expected him to survive, said police.

Pennsylvania State Police Philadelphia took a blood-stained Corbin into custody and recovered the gun, according to the affidavit.

Westbound lanes on I-76 were closed for several hours as police investigated the shooting.

A judge set Kymere Corbin's bail at $500,000 on Wednesday and was transported to county jail as he awaited preliminary hearing on April 20.

The coyote that attacked a 77-year-old New Jersey man as he was working in his yard earlier this week was rabid, officials have determined.  

The female coyote, which was eventually tracked down and euthanized after the attack in Saddle River Monday morning, tested positive for rabies, according to the New Jersey Department of Health, which conducted the exam.

It is the sixth coyote in New Jersey to be identified as rabid in the last 25 years, according to the Deaprtment of Health. 

John Zeug, 77, received eight rabies shots -- a complete first round of treatment -- immediately after the encounter in his Twin Brooks-area home in the heavily wooded town of Saddle River Monday morning. He's expected to undergo another round of shots Wednesday. 

He said he at first yelled at the animal when it wandered near his home, and it ran into the woods. But the coyote came back and sunk its teeth into him, creating a puncture wound visible through his tattered jeans. Zeug said he didn't see the animal coming.

He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Officers spotted the animal running through a neighbor's yard later in the day and called in animal control and officers from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife, police said. The responding officers found the coyote in the woods and euthanized it, police said. It was taken to a lab for testing.

Authorities believe the coyote made her den under a log cabin on Zeug's three-acre property. Zeug said seven dead coyote pups were found behind the shed; it wasn't clear how they died. 

Saddle River police and city officials are now on the lookout for a possible mate or other possible offspring of the rabid coyote.

Police say they believe the same coyote attacked a neighbor's dog last week; that dog, a labrador retriever named Jack, needed 30 stitches to close his wounds. 

That dog is also expected to receive anti-rabies treatment. 

Workers in the area Monday said they saw a coyote acting aggressively toward dogs; police said coyotes are attracted to the canines' sound.

"She was not scared of us, didn't run ... kind of challenged us and moved away," said Saddle River Police Capt. Jason Cosgriff. "A lot of Saddle River is woods, lots of places for coyotes to run around."

Anyone who sees a wild animal that appears sick or is acting aggressively or is unusually friendly should call police, they say. Coyotes are normally shy animals, according to the health department. 

Authorities have noted that it's become "quite common for coyotes to enter into urban and residential areas and in many cases make small wooded areas their home," according to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife.

Last month, a family in Closter showed NBC 4 New York an old doghouse in their yard in which two roaming coyotes had taken up residence.

People who encounter a coyote should never run away; instead, they're encouraged to "haze" the animal with techniques like making loud noises or throwing sticks or objects towards but not at the coyote, the Humane Society says.

Police have made an arrest in the ase of a man shot to death behind a Rolando hookah lounge in 2014.

On Sunday, Nov. 16, police said Rodney Vanburean Harmon, a 29-year-old San Diego resident, was at the 3 Kings Hookah Lounge at about 4 a.m. when he got up to answer a door and was shot in the chest. He died at the scene.

On Wednesday, San Diego Police officers arrested and charged 28-year-old Pierre Verenee Readus of San Diego for the murder of Harmon. When he was charged, he was already in custody for another matter.

His arraignment is scheduled Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the San Diego Superior Court. 

Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to call the San Diego Police Department’s Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477. 

One of San Diego’s craft brewing companies now has a street named after it – right at the site of its newest location set to open this summer.

AleSmith Brewing Co. has been working with the City of San Diego to change the name of the street where its new location will open from Empire Street to AleSmith Court.

On Wednesday morning, the street name change was officially made and the new, shiny street sign was unveiled as AleSmith Brewing staffers celebrated.

AleSmith Court is located off Miramar Road. CEO Peter Zien plans to open a new, state-of-the-art brewery there in a few months boasting a custom Steinecker 80 bbl brew system with the capability to pump out more than 100,000 barrels per year.

The new facility is just two blocks west of the original facility and will help the brewery increase production.
The space will also feature an entirely new tasting room, according to the brewery website.

The brewing company is known for draft selections such as X Extra Pale Ale, Lil’ Devil Belgian Pale Ale, San Diego Pale Ale, Grand Cru and Speedway Stout, among its beer lineup.

AleSmith Brewing Co. was founded in 1995 and is currently celebrating its 20th year in production as a local craft brewery.