Suspect Arrested in El Cajon Shooting that Left 1 Dead and 2 Wounded

El Cajon police say the suspect in Thursday afternoon's shooting that left one person dead and two others wounded has been taken into custody.

The arrest comes after the U-Haul pickup truck used by the suspect was found near Balboa Park at Sixth Avenue and Quince Street. San Diego police officers searched the area and took the suspect into custody near where they located the vehicle, according to El Cajon Police Capt. Rob Ransweiler..

Police identified the suspected shooter as 29-year-old El Cajon resident Mohammed Abdulkareem.

El Cajon police responded to the shooting at a dental office near the intersection of Magnolia and Madison avenues at around 4:15 p.m.

Police say the person who was killed was a male, and the other two victims, were a man in his 40s and a woman in her 20s. Both are expected to survive. Police saidboth victims were "stable" and that all the three victims were shot with a handgun.

SEE PHOTO OF SUSPECTED SHOOTER AND VEHICLE BELOW.

(Photo reporting partner 10News)


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