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Two men arrested on suspicion of killing homeless woman with pellet gun
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Aug 8, 2023, 12:18:08 AM8/8/23
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SAN DIEGO — Two teenage men have been arrested on suspicion of killing a
68-year-old homeless woman who had been shot multiple times with a pellet
gun in Serra Mesa, San Diego police said Friday.
Ryan Hopkins, 19, was arrested Thursday morning at a home on Rebecca
Avenue in Serra Mesa, homicide Lt. Jud Campbell said in a news release.
About the same time, William Innes, 18, was taken into custody at a home
on Edge Park Way in nearby Tierrasanta.
Both were jailed on suspicion of murder. Innes was also booked on
suspicion of possessing an assault rifle. Campbell did not say what
evidence led to the arrests.
The arrests come nearly three months after Annette Pershal was discovered
gravely wounded on Sandrock Road near Murray Ridge Road in Serra Mesa,
Campbell said.
About 6:15 a.m. May 8, the police department’s Neighborhood Policing Team
found Pershal unconscious. They tried to wake her up but she did not
respond, Campbell said.
Paramedics called to the scene were also unable to figure out why she
wasn’t responding and took her to a hospital.
There, emergency room doctors found it appeared that Pershal “had been
shot multiple times with a pellet gun,” Campbell said.
They also determined she was not going to survive. The police department’s
homicide unit began their investigation.
Three days later, on May 11, Pershal died. Earlier this week, the Medical
Examiner’s Office issued her cause of death as homicide.
Pershall was known around the neighborhood, and people in the area said
she slept behind businesses and in doorways such as Lavish Smokeshop.
“She didn’t bother anybody,” said Martin, a Lavish employee who declined
to give his last name. He said Pershal had been in the area for at least
five years.
In a parking lot next to Lavish Smoke Shop and Serra Mesa Barbershop,
someone posted a sign on the fence next to where she was found.
“Queen of S.M. — Granny Annie will live on. RIP 1955-2023,” it reads.
Below it sits a makeshift memorial of a handful of candles and a deflated
Mylar balloon.
“I would bring her food every now and then,” said Tony Espinoza, a barber
at Serra Mesa Barbershop. “Everybody knew her.”
The two men arrested in connection with her death are slated to be
arraigned Monday.
Anyone with information regarding this case was asked to call the homicide
unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (888) 580-8477. To
leave an anonymous tip online, go to sdcrimestoppers.org.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-08-
04/two-men-arrested-pellet-gun-death
68-year-old homeless woman who had been shot multiple times with a pellet
gun in Serra Mesa, San Diego police said Friday.
Ryan Hopkins, 19, was arrested Thursday morning at a home on Rebecca
Avenue in Serra Mesa, homicide Lt. Jud Campbell said in a news release.
About the same time, William Innes, 18, was taken into custody at a home
on Edge Park Way in nearby Tierrasanta.
Both were jailed on suspicion of murder. Innes was also booked on
suspicion of possessing an assault rifle. Campbell did not say what
evidence led to the arrests.
The arrests come nearly three months after Annette Pershal was discovered
gravely wounded on Sandrock Road near Murray Ridge Road in Serra Mesa,
Campbell said.
About 6:15 a.m. May 8, the police department’s Neighborhood Policing Team
found Pershal unconscious. They tried to wake her up but she did not
respond, Campbell said.
Paramedics called to the scene were also unable to figure out why she
wasn’t responding and took her to a hospital.
There, emergency room doctors found it appeared that Pershal “had been
shot multiple times with a pellet gun,” Campbell said.
They also determined she was not going to survive. The police department’s
homicide unit began their investigation.
Three days later, on May 11, Pershal died. Earlier this week, the Medical
Examiner’s Office issued her cause of death as homicide.
Pershall was known around the neighborhood, and people in the area said
she slept behind businesses and in doorways such as Lavish Smokeshop.
“She didn’t bother anybody,” said Martin, a Lavish employee who declined
to give his last name. He said Pershal had been in the area for at least
five years.
In a parking lot next to Lavish Smoke Shop and Serra Mesa Barbershop,
someone posted a sign on the fence next to where she was found.
“Queen of S.M. — Granny Annie will live on. RIP 1955-2023,” it reads.
Below it sits a makeshift memorial of a handful of candles and a deflated
Mylar balloon.
“I would bring her food every now and then,” said Tony Espinoza, a barber
at Serra Mesa Barbershop. “Everybody knew her.”
The two men arrested in connection with her death are slated to be
arraigned Monday.
Anyone with information regarding this case was asked to call the homicide
unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (888) 580-8477. To
leave an anonymous tip online, go to sdcrimestoppers.org.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-08-
04/two-men-arrested-pellet-gun-death
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