La Mesa law enforcement is looking for more information about a fatal shooting that took place early Sunday morning.
Officers were dispatched around 12:30 a.m. Sunday to a call of a gunshot in the area of Waite Drive and Violet Street, where a vehicle was found parked in the 7100 block of Waite Drive with a shattered driver’s window, according to the La Mesa Police Department.
Officers then discovered an unresponsive man in his 40s “with a gunshot wound to the upper torso sitting in the driver’s seat of a black sedan,” the department reported.
The as-yet-unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said a suspect wearing a dark hoodie fired a shot at the victim before fleeing in a dark-colored, four-door sedan traveling eastbound on Waite Drive.
“The relationship between the suspect and the victim is unknown, but investigators do not believe this was a random act of violence,” the department said.
The victim’s identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin. No further information was immediately available.
Law enforcement is asking anyone with information regarding the shooting to call the La Mesa Police Department at (619) 667-1400 or call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-TIPS. They can also visit San Diego Crime Stoppers online.
A reward of up to $1,000 is available for information leading to an arrest.
City News Service contributed to this report.