SAN DIEGO (AP) — The latest on an active shooter at a San Diego apartment complex (all times local):
2:30 p.m.
A passenger on a Southwest flight bound for San Diego says word spread quickly on board that the plane was being diverted because there was an active shooter near the airport.
Erik Carstensen was on a flight from Chicago that was diverted to an airport in Ontario, outside Los Angeles, after officials stopped planes from landing at San Diego International Airport.
Arriving planes swoop low over the neighborhood where the domestic violence suspect was holed up in his rooftop apartment, shooting sporadically.
Carstensen says passengers were told there was a security problem at the airport, but people on the Internet soon spread the news of the gunman.
He says he was worried since his wife was at the airport. He later learned the gunman was in a nearby neighborhood.
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2 p.m.
A neighbor of a gunman firing off shots inside a San Diego apartment complex says he heard a bang and then spotted a hole in the stucco wall that separates his apartment from the suspect’s.
Tom Neu told reporters that he cowered in his bathtub, talking to friends and co-workers on his cellphone as SWAT team members swarmed the building. The officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect after responding to a domestic violence call Wednesday morning.
Lt. Scott Wahl says no one has been reported hurt. It’s unknown if anyone is inside the apartment besides the suspect.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says flights are being barred from landing at the nearby San Diego International Airport as a precaution.
Rescuers led Neu out of the complex.
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12:45 p.m.
Police say a man who was firing off shots at a San Diego apartment complex is holed up in his rooftop apartment, where they have him surrounded.
Lt. Scott Wahl says officers swarmed the building and exchanged gunfire with the man after responding to a domestic violence call Wednesday morning.
He says no one has been reported hurt. It’s unknown if anyone is inside the apartment besides the suspect, who has been identified by police but not named publicly.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says flights are being barred from landing at the San Diego International Airport as a precaution, since the complex is under the airport’s approach path.
Authorities are asking people in the area to stay inside and away from windows.
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11:30 a.m.
Flights are not being allowed to land at San Diego International Airport because of an active shooter at a nearby apartment complex.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the complex is under the airport’s approach path. He says departures are being allowed.
Police say the man has been firing sporadically inside the apartment complex in a trendy neighborhood near downtown. But so far, no one has been reported hurt.
Lt. Scott Wahl says officers responding to a domestic violence call heard gunshots at the complex shortly after 9 a.m.
Authorities are asking people in the area to stay inside and away from windows.
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11 a.m.
Police say a man was firing sporadically inside a San Diego apartment complex, but no one was reported hurt.
Lt. Scott Wahl says police responding to a domestic violence call heard gunshots at the complex in the upscale neighborhood near Little Italy shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Authorities are asking people in the area to stay inside and away from windows.
The complex is in the 2400 block of Brandt Street.
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