Suspect pleads not guilty to killing wife, male companion in downtown San Diego apartment shooting

The suspect in the fatal shooting of two people at an East Village high-rise apartment complex was arraigned Monday afternoon in a downtown San Diego courtroom and entered a plea of not guilty to all counts and allegations.

Ali Abulaban, 29, was booked into jail on two counts of first-degree murder. This after a man and a 28-year-old woman were found shot to death in the woman's apartment at 1475 Island Avenue Thursday, October 21.

SDPD identified the female victim as Ali's wife, Ana Abulaban, 28. The male victim has been identified as Rayburn Cardenas Barron, 29, of National City.

Abulaban’s 5-year-old daughter was with him when he was arrested, however, she was not present at the time of the shooting according to SDPD Lt. Andra Brown. The daughter is now currently with family.

San Diego police officers first responded to the scene after receiving a call around 3:10 p.m. reporting a shooting with two people struck and found the man and woman at the scene with gunshot wounds to their upper bodies in the living room in one of the units on the 35th floor. They were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

SDPD detectives investigated the shooting and determined the man who reported the shooting, later identified as Ali Abulaban, was also a resident of the apartment who fled the scene after making the report, according to SDPD Lt. Andra Brown. He was later spotted by officers on eastbound State Route 94 and he was stopped on northbound Interstate 15 at Interstate 805 where he was detained and questioned about the incident.

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