The gunman who shot seven people at a poolside birthday party in University City on Sunday called his ex-girlfriend after wounding two and kept her on the phone during his cold-blooded assault, police said Monday.
Investigators believe 49-year-old Peter Selis was despondent over his recent break up, and that his many victims were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
One woman, who police have not yet identified, died of her injuries Sunday night.
San Diego police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, at a press conference outside police headquarters, said they do not believe the shooting was racially motivated. Everyone shot was black or Latino, and Selis was white.