SAN DIEGO — Authorities Wednesday publicly identified a 59-year-old man found shot to death in a home near Valley View Casino.
Deputies responding to a request for a welfare check in the 28000 block of Lake Wohlford Road in Valley Center discovered the body of Andrew Billeci about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to sheriff's officials. He had suffered gunshot wounds to his upper body, Lt. Chad Boudreau said
The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled Billeci's death a homicide.
While deputies were searching the house, they found explosives and unidentified chemicals, Boudreau said. A bomb squad investigated and deter
Anyone with information about the death was asked to call the sheriff's Homicide Unit at 858-565-5200 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
Homicide detectives investigating death of man found inside Valley Center home
While deputies were searching the house, they found explosives and "unknown chemicals," San Diego County Sheriff's Lt. Chad Boudreau said.