MAN SHOT IN LEMON GROVE

Update March 25, 2012: The victim has been identified as Avel Michael Jordan Edgar, 21. According to the San Diego Medical Examiner, he died of a gunshot wound to the head.

March 17, 2012 (Lemon Grove) – Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call to a home at 8232 Mount Vernon Street in Lemon Grove, where a man had been shot, the evening of March 14.  Paramedics determined that the man was deceased.

There were several people inside the home at the time of the incident and they are being interviewed to determine what occurred.  There are currently two suspects in the case described as adult black males.

The case is being handled by the Lemon Grove Sheriff’s Station, Homicide Detail, Crime Lab and the U.S. Border Patrol.

If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Homicide Detail at 858-974-2321 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.