Victim Seeks Help In Post Office After Being Shot In Clairemont

San Diego CA

05 February, 2021

12:43 PM

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By City News Service, Times of San Diego February 5, 2021 A shooting in Clairemont left one person seriously wounded Thursday afternoon and prompted a manhunt in the busy commercial and residential district. The victim sought help shortly after 2 p.m. at the William Taft Post Office, 5052 Clairemont Drive, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Medics took the patient to Scripps Memorial Hospital, the agency reported. Shortly after the shooting, witnesses reported seeing a gun-toting man running through the neighborhood, possibly fleeing into an apartment complex off Cole Street, police said. Officers shut down traffic lanes on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and evacuated people from surrounding buildings, including a church preschool, while fanning out through the area. A SWAT team was called in to help locate and capture the suspected shooter, police said. Times of San Diego is an independent online news site covering the San Diego metropolitan area. Our journalists report on politics, crime, business, sports, education, arts, the military and everyday life in San Diego. No subscription is required, and you can sign up for a free daily newsletter with a summary of the latest news.