Overview

• Deputies responded around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday to an assault-with-a-deadly-weapon call at 425 E. Bradley Ave. in unincorporated El Cajon.
• They found a man with traumatic injuries inside an apartment at the Terraza Hills complex and lifesaving efforts failed at the scene.
• Sheriff's Homicide detectives have launched an investigation and are interviewing potential witnesses to determine what happened.
• No motive has been announced and a possible suspect was reported at large without an available description, according to officials.
• Authorities ask anyone with information to call the Homicide Unit at 858-285-6330 or 858-565-5200, or provide anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.