A man was killed in a shooting in Logan Heights Sunday evening, police said. He was the third person killed by gunfire in San Diego within eight hours.

When officers arrived to the 200 block of Sampson Street at about 8:10 p.m. Sunday, a 29-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to his upper body, San Diego Police Department (SDPD) Lt. Anthony Dupree said.

Medics took the man to the Sharp Mercy Hospital where he was pronounced dead, he said. He will not be identified until family can be notified.

Homicide detectives launched an investigation.

The shooting in Logan Heights was the third deadly shooting in San Diego Sunday. Earlier, two men were killed in a shooting in Mountain View. Police have not ruled out the possibility it was gang-related.

Dupree said police were investigating if the two shootings were connected but at the preliminary stages of their investigation, there was nothing to indicate that they were.

The two occurred less than two miles apart within an eight-hour time span.

No other information was available.



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