CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) \u2013 A suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old Walmart worker in the parking lot of the retail store in Chula Vista\u2019s Eastlake neighborhood, police said.<\/p>\n
According to the Chula Vista Police Department, officers were dispatched to the Walmart in the 1300 block of Eastlake Parkway just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday due to multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting.<\/p>\n
Officers arrived to find a victim with a single gunshot wound and performed life-saving measures. The victim was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego for further treatment, but police said he died after arrival.<\/p>\n
The victim was identified by police as a male resident of Chula Vista.<\/p>\n
Police stated, \u201cAfter the shooting, the suspect called 911 to report the incident and waited for responding officers to contact him nearby. The suspect was identified as 32-year-old Thomas Perez of Chula Vista. The initial investigation revealed Perez and the victim were involved in a mutual fight when Perez produced a holstered firearm from his waistband and shot the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perez was taken to San Diego County Jail and booked on a murder charge, according to police.<\/p>\n
A Walmart spokesperson confirmed to ABC 10News that the victim worked at the Eastlake Parkway store. <\/p>\n
“We are heartbroken by what happened at our Chula Vista, California, store Tuesday night. We will continue working closely with local law enforcement as they investigate,” the spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) \u2013 A suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[55441,135231,135232,74,76,75,135233,135234],"class_list":["post-325006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-chula-vista-shooting","tag-chula-vista-walmart-shooting","tag-eastlake-shooting","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-thomas-perez-chula-vista","tag-walmart-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}