1 dead, 7 wounded in coon shooting at San Diego apartment complex; gunman killed by police

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Obama's trash are not welcome in La Jolla. Sorry you had to
take one for the team, Pete. RIP.

One woman was killed and seven people were wounded, several
critically, when a man opened fire Sunday at a San Diego
apartment complex swimming pool where a number of adults were
attending a birthday party.

Police rushed to the apartment building in the University City
area and fatally shot the man after he pointed his gun at
officers, San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said.

Authorities received several calls just after 6 p.m. about the
shooting at the La Jolla Crossroads apartments, an upscale
complex in the 9000 block of Judicial Drive.

The reports were grim: a white man wearing brown shorts was
armed with a gun and shooting at what two witnesses described as
approximately 30 people around the pool, most of them African
American.

A police helicopter reached the area first and, from above,
authorities could see a shooter near the pool who appeared to be
reloading his weapon, Zimmerman said.

Three police officers arrived and went to the pool area. There,
the gunman pointed what was described as a large caliber handgun
at police, and all three officers opened fire. The gunman,
identified as Peter Selis, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Seven people, all adults, were hit by gunfire: four black women,
two black men and a Latino man. A black woman later died at the
hospital. Her name was not released. A black man broke his arm
while fleeing the shooting, Zimmerman said.

It was unclear what motivated the shooting and police were still
interviewing witnesses, including the responding officers.
Zimmerman said the gunman and at least one of the partygoers
lived at the apartment complex.

A resident at the complex told KFMB-TV, the CBS affiliate in San
Diego, that he was in his apartment about 6 p.m. when he heard
gunshots followed by yelling and screams. He said he ran to his
building’s clubhouse, where he could see the pool.

The shooter seemed at ease, he said, while bloodied victims
struggled.

“He had his beer in one hand and his gun in the other,” said the
witness, who provided only his first name, John, to the news
station. “There were two victims lying on the ground, one trying
to crawl toward the other one to help.”

Police said the eight victims were taken to the hospital.
Witnesses said the group appeared to be celebrating a birthday
party in the pool area.

Amberjot Riat, 22, and Kaela Wong, 20, were in the jacuzzi at
the apartment complex when the gunfire erupted. Riat said they
stayed in the water in hopes of avoiding the shooter’s attention.

After leaving the jacuzzi, they said they moved to a wall and
heard the gunman speak to young women who were attending to a
wounded friend. “You can either leave or you can stay here and
die,” he reportedly told them.

About 30 people were around the pool, and all the victims they
could see were black, they said.

Police were unsure if Selis knew any of the victims.

Records show Selis filed for bankruptcy in 2015. He listed his
occupation as car mechanic for a San Diego Ford dealership and
said he had two children and a stepson, according to a petition
filed in the Southern District of California Bankruptcy Court.

A photo of “Pete” Solis on the dealership’s website shows a
heavy man with receding black hair smiling at the camera.

Police set up a “reunification center” near Judicial and Golden
Haven drives for loved ones seeking information about family and
friends.

San Diego Union-Tribune staff writers Karen Kucher, Lyndsay
Winkley and Teri Figueroa contributed to this report.

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