SAN DIEGO -- Two people are dead after a College-area shooting San Diego police are describing as a murder-suicide.
San Diego police investigators said an unidentified 21-year-old man shot his former girlfriend to death with an assault rifle at her apartment complex in the 4500 block of 55th Street shortly before 10 a.m. Friday .
"Just unfortunate that a girl lost her life, really sad. I feel for her parents," said Jerian Cathey, who was visiting friends at the apartment complex where the victim lives.
Cathey said she saw emergency crews surrounding the young woman's body.
"She was just laying there and they were pumping her chest, trying to get life back into her," Cathey said.
Police said an assault rifle was found near the victim's body.
Neighbors told 10News the unidentified victim was set to graduate this semester from San Diego State University. 10News learned the woman's ex-boyfriend was an SDSU student at one point but not currently registered.
Several people interviewed by police said the victim and her ex-boyfriend had dated for several years and recently broke up.
Moments after the shooting, police said they located a Ford truck with a body inside near the shooting scene. The victim's ex-boyfriend was discovered in the driver's seat and appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. A handgun was recovered from the vehicle, police said.
Police said detectives searched the man's residence and found a note. However, police said the contents of the note would not be revealed.
A San Diego police cruiser responding to the shooting collided with another vehicle, causing the SUV to roll over.
The crash occurred at 55th Street and El Cajon Boulevard shortly after 10:15 a.m., according to police.
A red SUV was struck by the SDPD cruiser and then rolled over, police officials said. The officer in the SDPD cruiser was hurt, and at least one person in the SUV was injured.
The SUV and police cruiser were towed away from the scene.
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