san diego state student murdered by ex-boyfriend

This week, received the tragic news out of San Diego about the murder of 22-year-old San Diego State University senior Michel David, who was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend before he took his own life: Vigil held for murdered SDSU coed.

David, 22, was walking her dog around 10:30 a.m. Friday near her College area apartment in the 4500 block of 55th Street when Daniel Shoemake, 21, shot her with an assault rifle, according to the San Diego Police Department.

Shoemake then got into his pickup truck and shot himself with a second gun, according to police and the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

David's friends told reporters she had dated Shoemake for three years, but the couple had recently broken up.

Friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil for David Saturday night outside her apartment.

David was supposed to graduate from SDSU next week. It's unbelievably tragic. And infuriating that a young woman had to die because a psycho loser-ass ex-boyfriend. More here: Mourning SDSU Grad Killed in Murder-Suicide.