There has been two suspicious deaths in the general Point Loma area in the last five days.They appear totally unrelated.
In the first death, 62-year-old San Diego resident Darrell Cogdill suffered a gunshot wound and was found in a median along Nimitz Boulevard very early Thursday morning, July 2nd. He passed at the hospital.
And late Sunday night, July 5, a man was found dead in a parked car in the Midway District. He is still unidentified.
In the shooting, Cogdill was found laying unresponsive in a Nimitz Boulevard median north of Famosa Boulevard in the 4400 block of Nimitz. Police and medics responded to a call around 1:50 a.m. after someone reported seeing him. San Diego Fire-Rescue medics performed life-saving measures at the scene before transporting Cogdill to a hospital, where he died.
Homicide investigators were called in after hospital staff located traumatic injuries to Cogdill’s upper body, including the gunshot wound. Police asked that anyone with information about the incident call the Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
There has been some speculation in the local press that the shooting was tied to a homeless encampment in the area.
The second death involved an unidentified man found dead in a parked car. His body was found late Sunday night, July 5th San Diego Police officers received 911 calls reporting a man that was slumped over the wheel of a car in the 3700 block of Midway Drive at 10:24 p.m.
Police said the caller noted the person looked like they had been there for a while.
When officers arrived they found the man dead in the car. Authorities have not yet identified him. The cause and circumstances of his death are under investigation by the San Diego Police Department.
