Chula Vista PD release pics of suspect who allegedly gunned man down outside bar

Authorities Tuesday publicly identified a fugitive suspect in the slaying of a 31-year-old man who was gunned down last year outside a South Bay bar.

Roberto Jacinto Diego, 47, allegedly shot Pablo Hernandez Jr. of San Diego shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 28 as the victim was with a group of people in front of the drinking establishment in the 600 block of E Street in Chula Vista, according to police. Paramedics took Hernandez to a hospital, where he died four days later.

Detectives identified Jacinto Diego as the suspected killer through “numerous” witness interviews and images of his vehicle captured by an automated license-plate reader, Chula Vista police Sgt. Anthony Molina said…

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