Crime & Safety
Shooting In Surf Bowl Parking Lot; Oceanside PD Arrest Suspect
Texas truck driver shot after confrontation with couple in the bowling alley parking lot, according to Oceanside police.
OCEANSIDE, CA — Police arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of shooting a truck driver from Texas during a confrontation in the Surf Bowl parking lot on the Coast Highway in Oceanside on Wednesday night.
The truck driver from Texas was apparently getting ready to sleep in his vehicle overnight when a man and a woman confronted him, then the man shot him once in his lower abdomen, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
The 53-year-old victim was airlifted to a hospital for treatment of his injuries, which were not believed to be life-threatening, OPD Sgt. Josh Morris said.
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Shortly after 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, officers spotted the suspects and took them into custody, Morris said.
The alleged shooter, 27-year-old Tosh Bennett, was booked into Vista Detention Facility on suspicion of attempted murder, according to jail records.
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The woman, whose name and age were not immediately available, was booked into jail for a probation violation, Morris said.
–City News Service
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