Testimony in the Brittany Killgore murder case centered on mobile phone records from the last day the Marine wife was seen alive.

The 22-year-old Fallbrook woman who was killed and left on the side of the road texted a friend for help on the night of her disappearance.

U.S. Marine Louis Ray Perez, Jessica Lynn Lopez and Dorothy Grace Marie Maraglino have pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

They listened Wednesday as a Sprint representative read text messages sent between them in over a four-day period after April 13 - the last day Killgore was last seen.

Killgore was last seen alive with Perez on April 13. On that night, detectives said she texted a friend the word "help," the deputy district attorney said. The next day, a homeless man attempted to sell her phone to a stranger. The stranger called Killgore's mother, who then called police.

Click here for a timeline of events in this case.

Killgore's body was found abandoned in Riverside County on April 17.

In the first three days of the preliminary hearing, witnesses have detailed the unusual family situation inside the Fallbrook home where Maraglino lived. According to witness testimony, Perez was referred to as "Ivan" or "Master" and Maraglino was referred to as "Dee" or "Mistress."  

A former roommate testified that Lopez had signed a slave/master contract with Maraglino.

A friend of Killgore's testified that she and Brittany hung out at the home on East Fallbrook Street and knew about the bondage, discipline and sadomasochistic lifestyle of its tenants.

Investigators have said the 22-year-old murder victim was an "unwilling participant" in the BDSM lifestyle of the defendants.

A pedestrian was struck and killed alongside state Route 15 Wednesday night, according to California Highway Patrol.

Officers responded to a call around 7 p.m. of car hitting a person on the northbound freeway exit near University Avenue. The victim was found in the first lane and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the vehicle stopped after hitting the pedestrian.

Several lanes of northbound SR 15 were closed while the medical examiner examined the scene.

RIP Google Reader.

Google announced on Wednesday that it is shutting down its RSS service Google Reader on July 1.

The reader, which has a loyal fan base but waning popularity, was developed in 2005 as a way for people to easily curate and discover online content. But Google said it needs to free up resources for a "new kind of computing environment."

"To make the most of these opportunities, we need to focus—otherwise we spread ourselves too thin and lack impact," the tech giant said in a blog post.

The news comes on the heels of another announcement on Wednesday that Andy Rubin, the mastermind behind the Android phone operating system, will be stepping down as head of Google's digital content as the search engine giant combines mobile and desktop divisions.

The demise of Google reader touched a nerve. Fans have started an online petition on keepgooglereader.com, which as of Thursday morning, boasted over 18,000 people who begged to keep the service alive.

"Google Reader is my sole source of news and blogs. Please don't shut it down," wrote James Kwang Huang on the petition.

Another website, bringgooglereaderback.com, took a more humorous approach with an animated GIF of actress Alison Brie addressed to Google that pleaded with the company to "bring back Google Reader."

Google Reader is the latest product to land in Google's graveyard. The firm has shuttered a total of 70 features and services since their "spring cleaning" effort started in 2011. Other recent closures include Google Desktop and Google Maps API for Flash. Remember Google Buzz and Wave?

The latest round of closures also includes Google Cloud Connect, a plug-in that helps people save files from Windows PCs in Google Drive. It was ousted by a more streamlined version of Google Drive and Connect will go away on April 30.

Three-dimensional building tool Google Building Maker will retire on June 1 and Google will end its support for a voice app for Blackberry users.

For those who aren't relying on the online effort to spare Google Reader, there are a host of possible reader replacements.

USA Today provided a round-up of four alternatives that includes slick mobile phone apps like Feedly, Pulse, Flipboard and Twitter.

NewsBlur and The Old Reader are apps that have the ability to import Google Reader's feeds, according to Mashable.

The Los Angeles city attorney is stepping in after the LAPD's plan to donate a truck to newspaper delivery women 71-year-old Emma Hernandez and her daughter, Margie Carranza, has proven to be unsuccessful.

Traveling in their pickup truck while delivering newspapers in a Torrance neighborhood, the pair was shot at by police during a frenzied manhunt for an ex-officer wanted in a revenge-motivated killing spree.

"It's going to be handled competently, it's going to be handled appropriately and in the best interests of the city of Los Angeles," said City Attorney Carmen Trutanich.

Trutanich on Wednesday was working with his staff to find a more efficient way to compensate the women for the loss of their Toyota Tacoma, which is now riddled, according to the women's attorney, with as many as 102 bullet holes.

"We may not get them an automobile, it may just be a check that will compensate them fully for their loss, without an admission of liability," Trutanich said.

Trutanich, who faces re-election on May 21, said he is personally working resolve the issue.

The women no longer want the truck after they were told they needed to fill out a 1099 form and pay income tax on the donation.

But the larger issue is the demand letter sent to his office by Glen Jonas, the women's attorney.

"I think he's done the right thing by sending us the demand letter, putting us on notice that there is a claim that's going to be filed," Trutanich said.

A lawsuit may not have to be filed if the two sides can come to an agreement.

While neither side would disclose the proposed settlement amount, Jonas did offer some perspective. He indicated the $25,000 in medical bills the women are now facing represents a very small portion of the total amount he is asking for in his demand letter.

He characterized the total proposed settlement amount as "very reasonable."

"It's a starting point for negotiation and as such, it's a very reasonable number in light of what happen to them and how their lives have been ruined," Jonas said.

The pair was driving a dark-colored pickup truck when they slowly approached the home of an officer named in ex-officer Christopher Dorner’s angry manifesto. Apparently thinking Dorner was inside, police opened fire on the truck.

After the shooting, Jonas said he was shocked by the officers’ actions. He said neither the size of the women nor the blue Toyota Tundra truck they were in matched the description of Dorner's Nissan Titan.

Related:

No New Truck for Women Shot in Dorner Manhunt: Attorney

Eight Officers Involved in Shooting of Newspaper Delivery Women

Attorney: Bullet Holes in Hoodie After Manhunt Mistake

Opponents of the controversial funding scheme behind the proposed expansion of San Diego's convention center pleaded their case in court Wednesday.
           
But Judge Ronald Prager gave them little hope he'd declare it illegal.
           
The issues in the litigation, filed nearly a year ago, are acknowledged to be untested at the highest judicial levels.
           
A final decision in the case isn't expected until week's end.
           
But Prager’s tentative ruling, issued Monday, supports the premise that a special surtax on hotel rooms is a legitimate method of generating money to cover construction costs for community facilities.

The financing mechanism in question allows San Diego's hotel industry to impose  room-tax surcharges of one to three percent, to raise more than half a billion dollars to expand the convention center for a second time since it opened in 1989.
           
That agreement came about through a private election among the hoteliers, with the biggest properties casting an overwhelming number of weighted votes.
           
The city and port district are kicking in another $165 million over 30 years.
           
Prager's tentative ruling has already attracted statewide attention because of its potential to inspire private taxation efforts by other industry groups.

"There's no doubt that local agencies are looking for new ways to raise taxes, because of the reticence of local voters -- and this is one of them," says attorney Craig Sherman, representing civic activist Mel Shapiro, who’s challenging the so-called “validation” lawsuit filed by the city in the absence of high-court precedents.  “And I think  the sky's the limit as far as where local agencies can start to impose these special taxes."

Said Shapiro, answering questions from a media scrum following the court hearing: "Now it's hotels.  Next, how about restaurants -- putting in taxes for their benefit?  Or, I don't know, grocery stores?  Gas stations?  This has wide implications."

Lawyers for the city dismissed those concerns as overblown.

"The judge said it's rhetoric, it's speculation,” said attorney Michael Weed, one of several private counsel hired to press the city’s case.  "There needs to be a public purpose behind whatever it is you're trying to build … this is a very narrowly focused, limited special tax that one body is paying, and it doesn't signal or authorize any watershed break in the dam that people are talking about."[

If the judge's tentative ruling is finalized, there'll be appeals that could tie up the financing scheme for quite a while.
           
The project is on track to reach the state Coastal Commission in June.
           
The hotels have settled issues with organized labor, to smooth out that review process.

Meantime, in another court action involving the hotel industry, the city is being dropped as a defendant in a case filed by the Tourism Marketing District.
           
That leaves Mayor Bob Filner on his own, to defend his refusal to sign documents releasing room-surcharge money to the district.
           
The City Council has agreed to underwrite a private attorney for the mayor – although it’s on record as preferring that Filner cease withholding the funds.

A baby died from the flu last month, the San Diego Health and Human Services Agency announced today.

The infant was 10 months old and had underlying health conditions.

More than 50 people have died from the flu so far this season, according to HHSA. Before the infant death, the age range of deaths went from 37-99.

County officials encourage people to get vaccinated as the flu can strike any time during the year. The vaccine is available at local pharmacies and drugstores.

A car traveling the wrong way on a highway crashed into a construction site container near the U.S.-Mexico border.

California Highway Patrol received several calls about the vehicle driving southbound on northbound Interstate 805 after 1 a.m. Thursday.

The vehicle started near Telegraph Canyon Road and didn’t come to a stop until it crashed into a large container just north of the San Ysidro border crossing.

San Diego Fire Rescue responded and had to cut the top of the vehicle to remove the driver from the wreckage.

The woman was transported to a nearby hospital. CHP officers did not have details on the extent of her injuries.

Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.
 

One of San Diego’s most popular hiking trails will close for nearly two months this spring.

Cowles Mountain in Mission Trails Regional Park will undergo trail restoration starting this month. Signs were posted recently at the base of the mountain to alert hikers of the closure.

Parks and Recreation District Manager Steve Haupt said the trail will be closed for nearly two months. He said the dates are tentative, but right now a sign states it will be closed from March 25 to May 17.

“It’s just going to take time to close off trails where people aren’t supposed to be,” Haupt said.

The mountain is about 1,600 ft. above sea level and offers a breathtaking view of San Diego. Thousands of people are estimated to use it each week, and the hike serves as an especially popular weekend activity for locals.

“It’s one of the most heavily used trails in the city,” Haupt said.

Avid hiker Laura Peterson said that she’s really disappointed her favorite trail will be out of commission for a few weeks.

“Part of me is kind of happy about it though, because parts of the trail definitely need help,” she said.

Peterson said she might go to other parks in the county to hike, but none of them are as close or strenuous as Cowles.

“It’s such a perfect trail,” she said. “I love it.”

Trail restoration project costs and contracting details were not immediately released by the Parks and Recreation department.

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A state lawmaker's proposal would allow restaurants and bars in California the option of expanding alcohol service hours to 4 a.m. -- two hours later than allowed under current law.

Full Text: SB 635

Senate Bill 635 was authored by Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). The bill gives local communities the option of expanding alcohol service hours, and establishments would go through an approval process that  would allow for late-night service.

"This legislation would allow destination cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego to start local conversations about the possibility of expanding nightlife and the benefits it could provide the community by boosting jobs, tourism and local tax revenue," Leno said in a statement.

Current state law allows for alcohol service between 6 a.m. and 2 a.m. for on- and off-sale establishments. Leno's proposal only applies to on-sale businesses, such as nightclubs, bars and restaurant.

The bill, scheduled for committee hearings in the spring, does not apply to liquor stores.

In his announcement, Leno cited economic issues behind the proposal. Expanded service would better position Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego to compete for tourism dollars with Chicago, Las Vegas and New York City, he said.

He also mentioned safety issues.

"Uniform closing times put significant stress on public transportation systems and the law enforcement agencies tasked with managing and dispersing large crowds of patrons when they all leave the clubs at 2 a.m.," Leno said.

Under the plan, local communities could submit a plan to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Police rushed to Valencia Park Thursday after receiving reports of gunshots fired in the area.

Police say a man in his 20s was shot dead at around 12:20 p.m. at the intersection of South San Jacinto and Trinidad Way.

When officers and medics arrived at the scene, they found the man lying in the street in the 5400 block of Trinidad Way. He was unresponsive, suffering from at least one gunshot wound.

Medics began administering CPR, but despite efforts, the victim was pronounced dead a short time later.
Police say a medium-sized SUV was spotted fleeing the scene following the shooting.

Homicide detectives are investigating. No further details have been released, including the victim’s name.

Anyone with information regarding this fatal shooting is asked to contact the SDPD Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

Check back for updates on this developing story.

Thursday is Pi Day, and it is a celebration of the number Pi (or π) — the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, which is equal to approximately 3.14159. It's also a day to gorge on pie.

And if that isn't enough, it's also Albert Einstein's birthday.

So why celebrate on Thursday, March 14? Because 3.14 is the shorthand version of this number, which PiDay.org describes as an "irrational and transcendental number" whose decimals "continue infinitely without repetition or pattern."

For those who are short on ideas to honor this geeky day, here are some for the nerdy and hungry masses:

• Microsoft wants customers to have a Happy Pi Day by enjoying a 3.14 percent discount on the Dell Latitude 10 tablet.

• The Pie Truck in Washington, D.C. is celebrating with $3.14 pies for happy hour from 5-7 p.m., while Chicago's First Slice Pie Cafe is giving out free slices of pizza at 3:14 p.m. San Franciscans can participate a long day of events sponsored by the Exploratorium that includes a parade, arts and crafts and of course, pie. Incidentally, Pi Day was founded by Exploritorium physicist Larry Shaw 25 years ago.

• From Pi ice cube trays to Pi artwork, there is plenty of Pi swag on Etsy.com and Amazon to get would-be fans into the holiday spirit.

• Those with romantic aspirations can buy a .0314-carat diamond ring from Japanese jewelry retailer Brilliance, which is also celebrating Japan's White Day, where men reciprocate gifts received on Valentine's Day.

• And finally, a DVD of "Life of Pi," which was released on March 12, can cap off a day of Pi and pie celebrations.

Or, as an alternative, here is a cool video about Pi. 

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that there are nearly $93 million in tax refunds waiting for California taxpayers who did not file a tax return for 2009.

On Thursday, the IRS announced that an estimated 984,400 taxpayers across the U.S. did not file a federal income tax return for 2009. Now, there are potential refunds totaling over $917 million that could be claimed by those non-filing taxpayers.

The IRS says more than half of those potential refunds for 2009 are more than $500.

In California, an estimated 100,700 individuals did not file a 2009 return. The IRS says the median potential return for those non-filing individuals is $518, and nearly $93 million statewide.

In order to collect the money, a return for the 2009 tax year must be filed with the IRS no later than Monday, April 15, 2013. There is no penalty for filing a late return qualifying for a refund.

According to the IRS, some people may not have filed in 2009 because they had too little income to require filing a tax return even though they had taxes withheld from their wages or made quarterly estimated payments.

The IRS says the law gives most taxpayers a three-year window to claim a refund in cases where a return was not filed. If no return is filed within that window, the money becomes property of the U.S. Treasury.

For 2009 returns, that window closes on April 15, 2013.

The IRS says 2009 refund checks may be held if taxpayers have not filed tax returns for 2010 or 2011. The refund may also be applied to any amounts still owed to the IRS, or to offset unpaid child support or past due federal debts.

Additionally, the IRS says many low-and-moderate income workers may not have claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). For 2009, the credit is worth as much as $5,657, depending on income, filing status and dependents.

For more information, visit the IRS website or the EITC home page.
 

A gas leak prompted some buildings in North Park to evacuate on Thursday afternoon, according to the San Diego Fire Department.

The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. at 3176 Lincoln Ave. It is unknown at this time if the buildings that had to evacuate were residential or businesses.

A 3-inch gas line broke, causing the leak. Officials said they are unsure what caused the line to break.

Check back for updates on this story.

The discovery of a Mercedes driven by a missing Fox executive when he disappeared 10 months ago has led police to reclassify the case as a homicide and link it to a drug dealer previously identified as a person of interest.

A black Mercedes Benz 420E registered to Gavin Smith was recovered at a storage facility in Simi Valley on Feb. 21, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday.

Smith, 57, was last seen driving the car from a friend's home in the Oak Park area at the western end of Los Angeles on May 1 between 9 and 10 p.m.

Investigators believe Smith was murdered within a week of his disappearance. His body has not been recovered.

"The family of Gavin Smith is grateful to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for its unending work on his disappearance," said Smith's widow Lisa in a statement. "We are both saddened and heartened by the discovery of this crucial evidence, and know that the sheriff's department will help us acquire a measure of justice."

The storage facility has been linked to John Creech, who is currently in custody at Men's Central Jail on an unrelated narcotics conviction, detectives said.

Creech was previously named a person of interest in the case, and his home was searched on June 8, 2012. Creech has not been charged in Smith's disappearance.

A member of a championship UCLA basketball team in 1975, Smith worked in media distribution for Fox. He also struggled with substance abuse.

Smith met Creech's wife, Chandrika, in rehab, authorities said.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call homicide detectives.

"They specifically want to know if anybody saw this Mercedes Benz go from Porter Ranch to Simi Valley around May 8, May 9," department spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Carnival Cruise Lines made arrangements for passengers aboard the stranded ship Dream to fly home after the cruise ship reported equipment problems while docked in St. Maarten on the last leg of a Caribbean cruise.

A month after another Carnival cruise ship was stranded for five days in the Gulf of Mexico, the United States Coast Guard said the Carnival Dream cruise ship had an emergency equipment situation that kept the ship from traveling.

The cruise ship, which has a capacity of 3,646 passengers and 1,367 crew members, was docked at Phillipsburg in St. Maarten.

Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios of the U.S. Coast Guard said the Dream still had power and sewage facilities, but the ship remained moored while technicians fixed an emergency diesel generator that affects propulsion.

Since the ship lacks propulsion, it was not able to head to its next port of call. The ship was scheduled to leave from Phillipsburg around 5 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.

Carnival posted this message to their Facebook page, commenting on the incident:

The Carnival Dream has a technical issue which our engineering team is currently working on. The ship is at dock in St. Maarten. At no time did the ship lose power but there were periodic interruptions to elevators and toilets for a few hours last night. However at this time all hotel systems are functioning normally and have been functional since approximately 12.30am. The ship has full power but is still at dock while personnel continue to work on the technical issue. The Carnival Dream was on a seven-day cruise and is based in Port Canaveral, Fla.

Previously, the U.S. Coast Guard said the ship had lost power. Later updates clarified that the power issues were related to the "periodic interruptions" referred to by Carnival in their statement.

This incident comes after another Carnival cruise ship, the Triumph, was towed back to Alabama after losing power in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico.

A fire aboard that ship left the passengers and crew with no air conditioning, scarce food, and unsanitary conditions.

Activity and assaults against federal agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border have increased. Now, one field agent tells NBC 7 San Diego that agents from other parts of the country are being called in to help patrol.

Jerry Conlin with U.S. Border Patrol said the agency saw a 70 percent increase in assaults against U.S. Border Patrol agents last year over the previous year.

"In 2011, we actually recorded 77 assaults against our agents," Conlin said. "Last year we had 133."

There have been another two assaults this week on agents patrolling in the San Diego, Calif., region alone.

On Monday, a U.S. Border Patrol agent was struck twice in the face by a man intercepted near Otay Mountain. The suspect was eventually taken into custody and faces charges of assault on a federal agent.

Then Tuesday, about a mile west of the San Ysidro crossing, an agent spotted four people jump the fence. When the agent arrested one of the men, the other three jumped back over the fence.

“As he was placing this individual under arrest, the three individuals started throwing rocks from south of the fence," Conlin said.

"Rock throwing is probably the most common form of assaults," he said.

While rocks are the most common weapon, agents need only remember back to 2009, when Agent Robert Rosas was ambushed and shot to death by a group trying to steal his night vision goggles.

Conlin says a week with two separate assaults on agents is a reminder to all of them.

"Anytime we see assaults go up, it's just a reminder of how dangerous it is and how we always have to be aware of our surroundings and protect our fellow agents," Conlin said.

NBC 7 San Diego spoke with one field agent working near the border Wednesday night who said there has been a lot of activity near the San Ysidro border crossing lately.

So much so, he said, that they're calling in agents from other parts of the county to patrol here.

After losing her mentally ill son in a 10-hour standoff in Encinitas last month, one mother is now fighting for change over the appropriate treatment of those suffering from mental illness in San Diego.

Elementary school nurse Michelle Kwik buried her 22-year-old son, Evan Kwik, last month after she says she was unable to get him proper treatment for severe mental illness.

On Feb. 20, Evan barricaded himself inside his mother’s home on Del Rio Avenue, leading to a long, overnight standoff with law enforcement officers.

During the standoff, Evan shot and wounded two deputies before ultimately turning a gun on himself while hiding in a crawl space in his mother’s attic.

He died from the self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Kwik says she had recently filed a restraining order against her son and had tried everything to get him the mental help he needed.

She had him hospitalized, tried to have him arrested and, in a moment of desperation, even hoped he would be injured in some way so he would be forced to finally face his demons.

In the midst of all this, there is a state law that could have helped – if it were enforced in San Diego County.

“Laura’s Law” is a California law that could treat severely mentally ill patients before they turn violent. Right now in San Diego if a mentally ill person over the age of 18 refuses treatment, there is virtually nothing family members or doctors can do to help.

“Laura's Law” empowers the courts to require treatment for the severely mentally ill. The law passed statewide in 2002, but only one county in California enforces it, and it's not San Diego.

In Kwik’s case, the state law did not help save her son.

Now, Kwik is fighting to implement “Laura’s Law” in San Diego County so no parent or family has to go through what the Kwiks have gone through ever again.

Kwik says she always knew Evan was different, that he suffered from severe mental illness. However, every time she tried to get help from the medical community, Kwik says she hit a dead end.

"I was asking the judge for help; I wanted him to see the need that Evan had to be helped,” said Kwik.

Reading from a prepared statement to NBC 7 earlier this week, Kwik begged the county to implement “Laura’s Law.” Although overwhelmed by grief, Kwik still managed to highlight the importance of the state law.

Currently, the county claims “Laura’s Law” is flawed and that enforcing it would be too expensive.

Kwik believes this decision ultimately cost her son’s life.

“I tried to get Evan an appointment with a psychiatrist and they said first you have to go through a step where Evan is interviewed by a counselor. Well, Evan wouldn't even go to school when he was young," she explained.

Even law enforcement couldn’t help. Kwik says her son’s impulsive behavior put law enforcement at risk.

“At times when they would come over he would have knives around him and [pepper] spray, and he said ‘I'll hurt you.’”

During Evan’s standoff with deputies on Feb. 20, Kwik thought her son might actually get arrested or wounded, forcing him to get medical help.

“I heard someone say, ‘Got shot in the knee,’ and I thought, 'Oh my God, thank God, Evan got shot in the knee. Someone now can pick him up and take him to the hospital; he'll get the best care ever in the hospital,’” she said.

However, that help never happened for Evan, and he ultimately took his own life.

Kwik hopes her son’s story sparks action locally.

“My son was a threat to himself and the community,” Kwik said Thursday, “Now, I stand here with a broken heart for my son, and all the sons and daughters who suffer from mental illness, asking that you enact ‘Laura's Law.’”

San Diego County says it offers an alternative to the court-mandated treatment of “Laura’s Law." The county’s treatment is called I-HOT, or In-Home Outreach Team, which is a voluntary program.

Kwik says she attempted to put Evan in the I-HOT program, but because he was over 18, he refused the help.

Four teenagers were involved in a shooting at an Oceanside park Wednesday, according to police. Two of the teenagers were found with gunshot wounds and two were dead investigators said.

The incident happened around 9 p.m. at Libby Lake Park on the 500-block of Calle Montecito.

Oceanside Police received multiple calls of shots fired at 8:50 p.m. They scoured the park and found one person shot and injured.

A couple of minutes later they found two other people shot and killed, then another person shot and injured in the same general area. At least of the two victims were shot more than once officials said.

Witnesses said they saw several people running from the scene.

Officers are looking for two or more suspects possibly in a gray or silver, 2005 or 2006, Toyota Tacoma or Toyota Tundra extended cab style pickup.

Edgar Sanchez Rios, 16, and 13-year-old Melanie Virgen were found dead at the scene. The two wounded victims are also younger than 18 and were taken to Palomar Medical Center.

Melanie was an 8th grade student at Caesar Chavez Middle School and Edgar was a student at El Camino High School. Friends and family created a makeshift memorial at the park for their slain friends.

“The things that happen in this park startle me to death,” said Lt. Leonard Cosby, Oceanside Police Department. “It shouldn’t be happening.”

This shooting actually took place not far from a memorial in the park for a fatal shooting that took place here just almost two years ago.

The bodies of Fernando Felix Solano, 16, and Sandra Salgado, 14, were found May 3, 2011 in the northeast area of the park located north of the San Luis Rey River and east of Douglas Drive.

The residential area is near several schools, including Libby Lake Elementary.

“I don’t want it to be a reflection on either the people in this park or the city of Oceanside because it’s not that way,” Lt. Cosby said. 

Cosby said his heart goes out to the community because he has worked a majority of his 26 years in the area.

The victim's friends are pleading for any new information of a suspect.

"If you know anything, please say something," said the victim's friend Efrain Almanaz. "We don't want more lives getting killed."

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