Police arriving at what they thought was the scene of a traffic accident on the South Coast discovered it was a murder.
Oxnard Police officers were called to the intersection of Camino Del Sol and Rice Avenue just after 7 Tuesday night. There was a report of a man lying in the street, and they initially thought it was a hit and run case involving a pedestrian. But, police and paramedics discovered the man had multiple gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. There’s no word yet on the identity of the person.