WE
WE START
WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS. A SHOOTING AT A CHURCH'S
RESTAURANT AND OTAY MESA.
>> THIS WITHIN THE 3700 BLOCK OF
DEL SOL BOULEVARD NEAR PICADOR
BOULEVARD.
BOULEVARD. HEATHER HOPE IS OUTSIDE THE
RESTAURANT WITH WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED SO FAR.
REPORTER: WE ARE AT CHURCHES
CHICKEN IN CHULA VISTA.
POLICE OFFICERS TALKING WITH
SOME EMPLOYEES.
SOME EMPLOYEES. AS WE UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS
ALLEGEDLY A KNOWN CUSTOMER TO
THE EMPLOYEES, CAME UP TO THE
RESTAURANT AND OPENED FIRE,
SHOOTING AT LEAST THREE VICTIMS.
THREE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. IT IS REPORTED TO OF THE VICTIMS
WERE SHOT IN THE TORSO WITH
LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. SAN DIEGO POLICE AND CHULA VISTA
OFFICERS HAVE DETAINED SOME
PEOPLE FOR QUESTIONING AS WELL
AS TAKING NOTES AND GETTING
INFORMATION FROM EMPLOYEES.
THEY HAVE THE PARKING LOT TAPED
OFF WITH YELLOW CRIME SCENE TAPE
AS OFFICERS CONTINUE TO COMB THE
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. WE
SCENE. WE HEARD INITIAL REPORTS IT IS
NOT BELIEVED TO BE MOTIVATED
FROM A ROBBERY.
THEY SAY THIS CUSTOMER WAS KNOWN
TO EMPLOYEES.
TO EMPLOYEES. THE THIRD VICTIM TAKEN TO SHARP
MEDICAL CENTER WAS UP AND
WALKING AND THE VICTIM IS
BELIEVED TO BE OK.
IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ROBBERY
HAS A MOTIVE AS THE PERSON
WALKED IN AND ORDERED FOOD
BEFORE OPENING FIRE.
THAT IS SOME REPORTED
INFORMATION WE HAVE RECEIVED.
EMPLOYEES ARE CONTINUING TO BE
QUESTIONED BY POLICE OFFICERS,
GETTING MORE INFORMATION.
THIS HAS BEEN A SHOCK TO PEOPLE
INSIDE DINING TODAY.
PEOPLE WANTED TO GET MORE
INFORMATION WHY THE PERSON CAME
INSIDE THE RESTAURANT, OPENED
FIRE, SHOOTING THOSE THREE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. WHERE THEY KNOWN TO THE SUSPECT?
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
OUTSIDE THIS CHURCHES CHICKEN
AND CHULA VISTA TONIGHT.
WE ARE SHOWING YOU A LIVE LOOK
AT THE CRIME SCENE AS IT
UNFOLDS.
UNFOLDS.
UNFOLDS. YOU CAN SEE AN EMPLOYEE JUST
SHAKEN AS POLICE OFFICERS ARE
GATHERING INFORMATION AND TRYING
TO GET WHAT THEY CAN AT THIS
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. OUTSIDE OF CHULA VISTA, CHURCHES
CHICKEN AS THEY ARE WORKING
TOGETHER AND GAIN MORE
INFORMATION, BACK TO YOU.
BARBARA LEE: TO RECAP, THERE WAS
A SHOOTING THIS EVENING AT
CHURCH'S CHICKEN IN OTAY MESA AT
DEL SOL BOULEVARD NEAR P GOOD
DOOR BOULEVARD.
DOOR BOULEVARD. SERIOUS INJURIES REPORTED.
CARLO
SERIOUS INJURIES REPORTED. CARLO: AN ODD SITUATION, A LOT
OF EMPLOYEES SEEM TO KNOW WHO IT
WAS.
WAS.
WAS. WE
WAS. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE VANESSA ON
THE PHONE JOINING US.
BARBARA-LEE: SHE WORKS AT A
PIZZA RESTAURANT ACROSS THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. CAN YOU HEAR US?
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH CARLO AND
BARBARA LEE.
BARBARA LEE. DID YOU HEAR ANY GUNSHOTS ACROSS
THE STREET IN YOUR RESTAURANT?
[NO
[NO AUDIO] CARLO: SO ARE PEOPLE UNABLE TO
ENTER OR LEAVE YOUR RESTAURANT
RIGHT NOW?
RIGHT NOW? IS THAT AREA BLOCKED OFF?
I BELIEVE YOU ARE NORTHWEST FROM
THAT CHURCH'S RESTAURANT.
BARBARA-LEE: IT MUST HAVE
RATTLED A LOT OF NERVES AND THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. WERE PEOPLE QUITE SHAKEN UP?
[NO AUDIO]
[NO AUDIO] BARBARA-LEE: OBVIOUSLY, FIRST
RESPONDERS, POLICE WERE THE
FIRST TO ARRIVE.
DID YOU NOTICE THERE WERE
SEVERAL AMBULANCES RESPONDING?
WE HAVE REPORTS THAT A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WERE INJURED, SHOT, HAD
TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
[NO AUDIO]
[NO AUDIO] BARBARA-LEE: SO AT THIS POINT,
ARE YOU SEEING POLICE OUTSIDE
INVESTIGATING, MARKING THE
PARKING LOT, TRYING TO GO OVER
WHAT JUST UNFOLDED?
CARLO: VANESSA?
CARLO: VANESSA? ARE YOU PRETTY SHAKEN UP OR IS
EVERYONE DOING OK?
[NO AUDIO]
[NO AUDIO] BARBARA-LEE: WE APPRECIATE YOU
SPEAKING WITH US ON THE PHONE
TONIGHT GIVEN WHAT OCCURRED WAS
SO FRIGHTENING AND PROBABLY HAS
RATTLED A LOT OF NERVES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE.