SAN DIEGO — Three people were shot, including one fatally, at an agricultural nursery in Southern California on Friday, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 3 p.m. local time at Atkins Nursery in Fallbrook, a village located about 50 miles north of San Diego, the San Diego Sheriff said.
First responders and law enforcement officers responded to an"incident involving several patients with gunshot injuries," the North County Fire Protection District said Friday afternoon. Responding deputies found two victims outside a barn on the property with gunshot wounds to their upper torso, the sheriff said. The victims -- a woman believed to be in her mid-30s and a man in his late 60s -- were transported to a local hospital where they underwent surgery for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
A third victim -- a man believed to be in his late 50s -- was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds to his upper torso, the sheriff said. His identity is not known at this time. Another man located inside the barn was determined to be the alleged shooter, the sheriff said. The suspect, identified by the San Diego Sheriff as 76-year-old Enrique Barajas Gutierrez, was arrested and taken to the Fallbrook Sheriff's Station without incident. He will be booked into the Vista Detention Facility for murder, the sheriff said.A motive is under investigation.
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