On the evening of February 11, 2024, deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon in the 100 block of Ammunition Road in Fallbrook, California. Officers found 32-year-old Humberto Melecio with a gunshot wound to his leg; paramedics transported him to a hospital and he was pronounced dead at 10:05 p.m.

Witnesses said the shooter fled by vehicle. Deputies detained 46-year-old Glenn Rosales of Los Angeles and arrested him on suspicion of murder under California Penal Code 187(a). Rosales, who was visiting from Los Angeles, claimed he acted in self-defense. Employees at a nearby Rite-Aid said Rosales had been assaulted by several people, including Melecio, and that Rosales pursued the assailants across the street toward a Shell gas station after reaching his vehicle, whose tires had been slashed; gunshots were heard there.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Homicide Unit is investigating and has asked anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers. Does anyone have information about what happened at the Shell station that evening?