SAN DIEGO (KOGO) - An elderly man is dead after he was shot while sitting in his car in the Bay Ho community in what police believe is an attempted carjacking.
San Diego Police say it happened around 5:00 a.m. near the Costco on Morena Boulevard when the suspect knocked on the car window and when the 79-year-old man didn't respond, the suspect opened fire. The victim was able to drive himself to a McDonald's on East Mission Bay Drive where bystanders reportedly called 911.
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The man was taken to the hospital but later died from his injuries.
Police are searching for a suspect described as a thin, 5'7" Hispanic male in a grey hooded sweatshirt. Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call San Diego Police.