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Update March 1, 2024: Officers and a mobile forensic lab remains on scene. Police have not revealed details, however a city official told ECM that the shooting suspect was a digruntled patient. He has been charged with first degree murder.
Update 10 p.m.: The suspect is in custody, per El Cajon Police post on X.
February 29, 2024 (El Cajon) – El Cajon Police seeks public help to locate Mohammed Abdulkareem, 29, who is considered armed and dangerous. He is the suspect in an active shooter event tonight at the Smile Plus dental office in the 400 block of Magnolia Avenue.
He is described as light-skinned, wearing all black clothing. He fled the scene in a white U-haul pickup truck with Arizona license plate AM 14894, last seen heading north on N. Mollison. If you see him or have any information, please call El Cajonj Police at 619 579-3311 or call 911.
At least three people were shot with a handgun and one is dead, according to Capt. Rob Ransweiler with El Cajon Police Dept. NBC 7 reports. Two other victims, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 20s, were taken to a hospital in stable condition.
Photo, right by Robert Gehr: Forensic lab at crime scene the morning after the shootings.
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