More than a year after a 41-year-old San Diego man was fatally shot in Linda Vista, San Diego police have arrested a suspect in connection with the July 2022 shooting.
The Friday arrest of Eduardo Vasquez, 25, for the suspected murder follows months of investigative work, including obtaining surveillance video, pursuing multiple leads and conducting interviews with witnesses, said San Diego police Lt. Steve Shebloski.
At the time of the shooting, little was known about the circumstances leading to the death of Johnny Ramon Ramirez, except that he had been walking on Ulric Street near Comstock Street when he was shot in his upper back, Shebloski said at the time. Officers had been called shortly after 5 a.m. to find Ramirez being tended to by a family member.
Shebloski said then that investigators believed Ramirez was shot hours before he was found. He died before he could be taken to a hospital.
Vasquez was arrested Friday on North Harbor Drive near the San Diego International Airport on suspicion of murder. Anyone with information regarding the 2022 shooting is asked to call the police department’s Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (888) 580-8477.
