Security guard shot dead at Crystal Pier: suspect arrested in El Cajon
A 49-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an unarmed security guard at Crystal Pier in San Diego.
Suspect held over fatal Crystal Pier shooting of unarmed guard
A 49-year-old man is in custody over the fatal shooting of an unarmed security guard at Crystal Pier in San Diego, nbcsandiego.com reports.
Brian Mathew McColley was taken into custody at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of Cedar Street in El Cajon by detectives from the San Diego Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. He was booked at San Diego Central Jail on suspicion of murder, as well as on a warrant for an unrelated offence, an SDPD spokesman told City News Service.
The victim, 31-year-old Aberto Quiroz-Arreola, was shot at 2 a.m. on 5 October while on duty as an unarmed security guard at Crystal Pier. Employees of a nearby bar heard the gunshots and went outside, where they found Quiroz-Arreola critically injured and began first aid, SDPD acting Lt. Christopher Leahy said. Paramedics transported him to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators have not identified a motive.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the SDPD Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
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