9/25/2012

Two deputies shot in San Diego County

By Diana Guevara, Sarah Grieco and R. Stickney, NBCSanDiego.com

Updated at 5:05 p.m. ET: A Lakeside man confronted about alleged child porn opened fire inside his apartment, shooting and injuring two deputies before shooting himself, according to the man's girlfriend.

The girlfriend told NBC 7 San Diego she was getting her two daughters ready for school when she found pornographic pictures of her boyfriend and her two daughters engaged in sex acts.

She headed to the sheriff's office, showed them the photos and called the suspect to confront him.

He told her he planned to sell the photos for $50,000 to a child porn site.

Deputies along with the mother and her daughters went to the apartment complex to confront the suspect. She said after deputies stormed the apartment, her boyfriend shot the two deputies and then shot himself.

Both deputies were transported to Sharp Memorial Hospital, KPBS.org reported. The extent of their injuries remains unknown. The man was transported to Scripps Mercy Hospital, according to a hospital source.

The shooting occurred at Ashwood and Mapleview streets just south of the Lakeside Rodeo Grounds, said Lt. Mike Munsey of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

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Resident Jodi Davis, who lives across the street from where the shooting occurred, said she heard between 12 and 18 shots.

"Multiple shots, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang," Davis said. "I said, 'Oh my gosh -- those are gunshots!'"

She said the police ordered her and her neighbors back into their apartments.

Nearby El Capitan High School went into lockdown; students were dismissed at 1:20 p.m.

NBC San Diego reporters at the scene said officers responded from agencies throughout San Diego County.

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