A 19-year-old man suspected of running away before law officers fatally shot his companion in Lemon Grove Thursday was arrested Friday.
The man killed was identified Friday night as 19-year-old Isaias Raziel Ochoa of Spring Valley.
Deputies and a fugitive task force found his companion, Dominic Jones, in the middle of Lemon Grove, at Lemon Grove Avenue and Broadway, about 11:30 a.m. Friday, sheriff’s homicide Lt. Kenneth Nelson said.
Jones, who also uses the name Hearn, was booked on a warrant for probation violation from a 2016 case involving a deadly weapon, Nelson said. The warrant was issued on Monday.
Investigators believe Jones was one of three men in a Ford sedan that led a La Mesa police officer on a pursuit on Thursday. The officer saw the car stopped at a green light at Baltimore Drive and Fletcher Parkway with a door open about 1:30 a.m. Someone in the car screamed. When the officer tried to the trio, the car sped away.
The pursuit wound through Spring Valley and ended on Rebecca Way in Lemon Grove, a cul-de-sac. The three men ran from the car.
One of the men jumped a fence and officers chasing him heard what they thought was a gunshot, Nelson said. He said investigators still aren’t sure if the fleeing man did fire a shot, or for what reason.
A San Diego police officer loosed his patrol dog on the man, who started firing rounds at officers, Nelson said. The San Diego officer, two La Mesa police officers and a sheriff’s sergeant returned fire, killing the man.
He was identified as Ochoa on Friday night.
Deputies also quickly caught up to another man believed to have been in the car during the pursuit, and arrested him about a block from the shooting scene. Nelson said he was questioned, then released without charges.
The third man escaped. Nelson did not say how investigators were able to identify him or how he was found in Lemon Grove on Friday.
UPDATES:
8:40 p.m.: This article was updated with additional details. This article was originally published at 3:50 p.m.
