San Diego woman killed in Tijuana parking lot
San Diego woman killed in TJ parking lot
Written by
Sandra Dibble
1:51 p.m., June 12, 2012
Updated 2:22 p.m.
TIJUANA — The Baja California Attorney’s Office is investigating the death of a 22-year-old San Diego woman found shot early Sunday in the parking lot of the Pueblo Amigo shopping center near the San Ysidro border crossing.
The victim was identified as Stacey Yaraldy Osorio Ayala. Her body was found shortly after 5 a.m. on the passenger seat of a four-door 2006 Ford Focus with California license plates, the Attorney General’s Office reported.
Investigators found three spent shell casings from a 9mm handgun. A spokesman for the state agency said Tuesday afternoon that investigators have ruled out organized crime, but had not confirmed a motive for the shooting.
The U.S. State Department confirmed Tuesday that the victim was a U.S. citizen. The Attorney General's Office identified her as a San Diego resident.
Tijuana media reported that the victim had been at a Pueblo Amigo bar. Citing off-the-record information from law enforcement sources, the newspaper El Mexicano reported that Osorio was shot by a man who approached on foot, then fled. A female driver inside the vehicle at the time was not injured, the newspaper reported.
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