The investigation into an attack on an 80-year-old South Coast man has turned into a murder case.
Paramedics were called to an Oxnard home early Monday morning by reports of an injured man in the backyard. When Salvador Chavez was taken to a hospital, it was discovered he had been shot.
The Oxnard man died Tuesday afternoon at the Ventura County Medical Center. Oxnard Police detectives say the motive for the attack is unknown.