San Diego

A man who was shot in the head in a Hillcrest hotel room Thursday night later died in the hospital, the coroner’s office said.

Police arrived at Room 29 of the Eagle Crest Hotel, in the 3900 block of 8th Avenue, to find Rogelio Ernesto Rivera, 49, with gunshot wounds to the head. Rivera was clutching a knife.

He was taken to Mercy Hospital, where he later died.

Homicide detectives are looking for two white men who were seen fleeing the scene in a light beige Toyota pickup.

The first is described as about 25 years old, about 6 feet tall, with light brown collar-length hair and a mustache to the corners of his mouth. He was wearing a baseball cap, T-shirt and shorts.

The second suspect is about 25 years old, about 5-foot-9, with a muscular build and weighing 200 pounds. He has dark brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and has several tattoos on his upper body, police said.