Drugs Believed to Be Behind Deaths of Two San Diego Men

Two San Diego men were killed in separate drug-related incidents Monday night, police said.

Frank W. Sauceda, 33, was shot to death, and an unidentified man was wounded at 10 p.m. in an apparent drug deal gone sour in Southeast San Diego, police said.

Sauceda and the other man were sitting in a parked car in the 3700 block of T Street, while a third man stood outside the car. A fourth man approached the car carrying a shotgun and tried to rob Sauceda and the driver of the car, police said.

Several shots were fired, and the men managed to drive away, stopping at 32nd Street and National Avenue where a passer-by saw the two injured men and called for help, police said.

Both men were taken to the UCSD Medical Center, where Sauceda died at 10:55 p.m., and the driver of the car was treated for gunshot wounds to his arm, police said.

Anthony Ross, 20, was taken into custody in connection with the incident, and police said they found a shotgun nearby at the scene of the arrest.

In another incident Monday night, two brothers were stabbed, one fatally, during a fight with two other men in an apartment in the 2900 block of Oceanview Boulevard, police said.

Antonio Guzman Ayala, 20, was taken by paramedics to the UCSD Medical Center, where he died at 11:15 p.m. His brother, Miguel Guzman Ayala, 25, was taken to Mercy Hospital and was in stable condition, police said.

Two men were taken into custody in the stabbing, which police said appeared to be drug-related.