Crime & Safety
Man Who Committed Suicide in 4S Ranch Was Powegian
A 22-year-old cut his throat with a box cutter in front of his girlfriend and others in the shopping center parking lot.
The man who killed himself in front of his girlfriend and others in a 4S Ranch shopping center on Saturday was from Poway, officials confirmed Tuesday.
The 22-year-old man cut his throat with a box cutter.
Lt. Jim Duffy of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said the department received three 911 calls around 4:15 p.m. Saturday saying a man had cut his throat in the parking lot of the Cost Plus World Market on Reserve Drive off 4S Ranch Parkway.
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One of the 911 calls came from the man's girlfriend, who works at one of the shopping center businesses, Duffy said.
The man had lost a lot of blood and his skin was pale when authorities arrived. He was transported to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla and pronounced dead, Duffy said.
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The man's name is not being released by the Sheriff's Department because he committed suicide.
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