The sports director at San Diego's CBS station was injured Tuesday in a shooting at his Scripps Ranch home, San Diego Police confirmed.
Officers discovered a silver Mercedes-Benz with its windows shot out on Avonette Court near Angelique Street, south of Scripps Ranch Parkway. The shooting was reported just after 3 p.m.
"I heard a bunch of gunfire, and then there was a pause, and then there was another bunch of gunfire," said neighbor Stephen Rowe, who reported hearing at least 12 rounds.
Rowe said he walked up the street to find a man lying on the ground with his knees bent. An off-duty police officer soon arrived on the scene and ordered Rowe to stay down the hill as he called for help.
Emergency crews took the man to a La Jolla hospital. SDPD Lt. Scott Wahl said the victim was CBS 8 sports director Kyle Kraska. A source close to Kraska said he was conscious and alert when he went into surgery and his wounds are non-life threatening.
Wahl said they are looking for suspect Mike Montana, described as a white man, standing 6-foot-3-inches and weighing 190 pounds. He was last seen driving a white minivan with "Superior Painting" on the outside.
Wahl said the shooting was a "targeted" attack, and the suspect was in or around his vehicle at the time of the attack. Montana is considered armed and dangerous, so if you see him, call police and do not approach him, Wahl warns.
When news came in that Kraska was shot, a CBS news photographer said there was a collective gasp of shock.
Kraska started at CBS 8 in 1999 as morning and noon co-anchor, and four years later, he was promoted to evening sports anchor.
Prior to coming to CBS, he had a stint hosting “Hard Copy,” a nationally syndicated news magazine show and was an evening news anchor at KCBS in Los Angeles.
A Boston native, Kraska started his career in television journalism in Watertown, New York, at WWNY-TV. He then worked at a number of TV stations in Florida, New York and Texas before coming to San Diego.
About working at CBS 8, Kraska said, according to the station’s website bio: “My Dream job in my dream city…Sometimes I wonder how on earth I’m getting paid for this.”
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