RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA : Officers Identify Gunshot Victim
Sheriff’s deputies on Monday identified a man who was shot to death over the weekend by an unknown assailant.
John Francis McNamara, 46, died of a single gunshot wound early Sunday morning about 90 minutes after he called for help.
When paramedics arrived, they found McNamara slumped against the wall of his one-bedroom condominium on Gaviota. McNamara was taken to Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Richard J. Olson said no motive has been established and there are no suspects. Olson declined to say how the gunman might have entered the dwelling and provided no other details.
A neighbor said he heard a gunshot at about 6 a.m. and saw a man fleeing on foot. The neighbor, who asked that his name not be used, said the suspect fled in a car that had been parked nearby.
McNamara, who sold medical supplies, had lived in the the condo only “a short period of time,” Olson said. Residents of the area said they did not know him well.
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