Quiroz was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for fatally shooting 35-year-old Abdirisaq Ahmed, a homeless man, five times in the back during a late-night encounter on 50th Street in City Heights. A San Diego Superior Court jury acquitted Quiroz of murder but convicted him of voluntary manslaughter.
According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, prosecutors said Quiroz and Ahmed crossed paths near 50th Street and University Avenue before Quiroz opened fire and fled the scene. San Diego Police officers responding to 911 calls of gunshots found Ahmed suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of 50th Street around 12:30 a.m. on April 21, 2022, according to the City of San Diego.
Investigators distributed surveillance footage of the shooting among law enforcement, and an officer who recognized Quiroz identified him from the video, per the Union-Tribune’s reporting. Quiroz was arrested the following afternoon in the adjacent 3700 block of 50th Street — just one block from the crime scene, the same outlet reported. Detectives later found the gun used in the killing, along with clothing matching the shooter, inside Quiroz’s home, prosecutors said.
The Jury’s Verdict
Jurors acquitted Quiroz of murder but convicted him of voluntary manslaughter…