San Diego : Coroner IDs Man Found Shot in Yard
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A man who was found shot to death last week in the back yard of a Skyline district home was identified Monday as 18-year-old Eugene Rodney Johnson, the county coroner’s office said.
Johnson, who lived in the 5700 block of Alta Vista Avenue, had been shot once in the head, investigator Robert Engel said. The body was found about 6:30 p.m. Thursday behind a house in the 200 block of Coralwood Drive.
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