Authorities publicly identified a Los Angeles County resident on Thursday who was killed earlier this week in a shooting that also wounded another young man at a Mission Valley hotel.
Patrol officers responding to reports of gunfire found 19-year-old Damian Martinez of El Monte, California, dead in a hallway at the Handlery Hotel in the 900 block of Hotel Circle North about 8:30 p.m. Monday, according to the San Diego Police Department.
The second victim, age 23, was outside the lobby of the hotel, suffering from apparently non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. His name has not been released.
“Based on information received at the scene, officers determined the [suspected] shooter got into a dark-colored … truck,” SDPD Lt. Lou Maggi said. “Officers located that truck in the hotel parking lot a short time later, occupied by [him].”…