Suspect jailed in fatal 2022 shooting in Shelltown area

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A suspect was behind bars Wednesday in connection with a shooting that fatally wounded a 40-year-old man nearly three years ago in a Shelltown-area neighborhood.

Marcanthony Alexander Valencia, 37, was arrested Monday at his Grantville workplace for allegedly gunning down Mario Galvez of San Diego on Sept. 5, 2022, according to police.

Shortly before 6 p.m. that day, patrol officers responding to reports of gunfire found Galvez suffering from gunshot wounds to his upper body outside his car in the 1600 block of Una Avenue, just east of Interstate 5 and north of Division Street.

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Paramedics took the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead…

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