Overview
- Police say a stabbing was reported around 11 a.m. near 15th and G streets in East Village, where officers found a man with multiple wounds.
- The victim was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to San Diego police Lt. Travis Easter.
- Investigators identified a gray Mercedes as the suspect’s vehicle, located it in Encanto, and the driver fled west on state Route 94 to southbound I-805.
- Officers attempted several spike-strip deployments that did not stop the vehicle before it crossed into Tijuana at the El Chaparral Port of Entry.
- Mexican law enforcement allegedly exchanged gunfire with the driver at the port of entry, the driver’s status was not immediately known, and southbound traffic faced hours-long backups with many drivers diverting to Otay Mesa.