S.D. Drive-By Shooting May Have Blinded Victim

One of four victims was in critical condition and another possibly blinded as they result of San Diego drive-by shootings Saturday night, officials said.

Chris Honeycutt and John House, both of San Diego, were leaving a beauty salon in the 3800 block of National Avenue at 10 p.m. Saturday when they were hit by shotgun fire that came from a dark-colored Cadillac that contained several men, Sgt. Jim Long said.

Honeycutt was hit in the face and may have been blinded, Long said. House suffered numerous pellet wounds but managed to drive Honeycutt to Paradise Valley Hospital, Long added.

House was listed in stable condition Sunday. Honeycutt was transferred to UC San Diego Medical Center, where a spokeswoman said he was in fair condition.

About a half hour after that shooting, Denetta Harper and Cherell Jackson of San Diego were wounded as they stood at 47th and Market streets, Long said. The assailants, three men in a white compact car, fired numerous shots that also hit a parked taxi and a home.

Harper was in critical but stable condition Sunday at Mercy Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. Jackson was wounded in the back and released after treatment at UC San Diego Medical Center.

Gang-detail officers were investigating the two shootings, in addition to drive-by shootings along three other San Diego streets that did not result in injuries. Drive-by shootings were reported along Fennel and Geneva avenues in Southeast San Diego as well as at City Heights Community Park in East San Diego, police said.