San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office at the County Operations Center. (File photo by Ken Stone/Times of San Diego)
Police on Friday identified the man shot dead while sitting in a parked car in broad daylight in the Miramar area and announced the arrest of a suspect.
Markus Vega, 57, was sitting in the front passenger seat of a parked vehicle in the 8600 block of Production Avenue, near Camino Santa Fe, at about 4 p.m. Wednesday when he was shot, according to the San Diego Police Department.
Paramedics took Vega to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Lt. Chris Tivanian said.
Joseph Hendry, 42, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of murdering Vega.
Police have not disclosed what led investigators to identify Hendry as the suspect or revealed a motive in the case.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting was encouraged to call the homicide unit at (619) 531-2293 or San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
City News Service contributed to this article.