San Diego sports caster shot in front of his home.

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CBS8 sports anchor shot outside Scripps Ranch home
POSTED 3:48 PM, FEBRUARY 10, 2015, BY FOX 5 DIGITAL TEAM, UPDATED AT 04:17PM, FEBRUARY 10, 2015
SAN DIEGO – A sports anchor was rushed to a hospital after getting shot outside his home in Scripps Ranch Tuesday afternoon, the TV news station he works for reported.


A car with shattered windows was seen outside a Scripps Ranch home on Feb. 10, 2105.
The gunfire in the 12000 block of Avonette Court was reported shortly after 3 p.m., SDPD public-affairs Officer Matt Tortorella said.

CBS8 Sports Director Kyle Kraska was identified as the shooting victim, according to CBS8.

Police said one person was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla with non-life-threatening injuries.


Kyle Kraska (Credit: CBS8)
A neighbor told Fox 5 that she heard an argument between Kraska and a man who had been painting his house. Then, she heard several gunshots.

Another neighbor told police that someone shot the rear window out of Kraska’s silver Mercedes-Benz, firing as many as 10 shots, then fled in an older-model white minivan.

Police did not release any information regarding a suspect.

Wow, just wow. Any updates on how he's doing?

Somehow, I suspect this is going to be on Spike's 'Catch A Contractor' soon.

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TV anchor gunned down in his Mercedes by house painter after he complained about shoddy work

By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com and Associated Press Reporter
08:37 12 Feb 2015, updated 19:34 12 Feb 2015
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Kyle Kraska, 48, was shot while in Mercedes inSan Diego
Broadcaster had hired Mike Montana, 54, to work on his house
Relationship soured because journalist was dissatisfied with the work
Kraska paid Montana for what he had done and the pair parted ways
Montana's anger reached tipping point when he shot him on Tuesday
A past client said he pulled a gun on him because they 'owed money'
The KFMB-TV anchor is recovering after surgery for 10 gun wounds
A sports anchor's argument with an 'erratic' house painter who has pulled a gun on clients in the past led to him being shot 10 times outside of his suburban home.

KFMB-TV's Kyle Kraska, 48, hired shooting suspect Mike Montana to work on the outside of his house in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego months before he was gunned down in his Mercedes on Tuesday.

The broadcaster was dissatisfied with the job so paid the 54-year-old for the work he had done before the pair parted ways.

For months the disgruntled Montana, who has pulled a gun on customers who owed him money in the past, left threatening notes at the journalist's home.

His anger reached a tipping point earlier this week when he approached Kraska in his car and shot him 10 times through the back window.

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Personality: Montana, described as 'erratic' by past clients, began leaving threatening notes at Kraska's home after the two parted ways. The sports anchor was said to be unhappy with the work done on his home
Montana, who surrendered to police hours after the incident, has had issues with working relationships in the past, leading him to pull a gun on people who owed him money and leave violent phone messages after a company told him to start one of his jobs again.

The CBS affiliate station said Kraska's injuries were serious but his prognosis was good. He was recovering after surgery for 10 gun wounds, including shots to the leg and stomach.

Todd Villalobos, a KFMB sports producer and friend of Kraska, told the station that the anchor hired Montana to paint the outside of his house after seeing him work in the neighborhood. Kraska was dissatisfied with the work, paid the painter for what he had done, and the two agreed to part ways.

Months later, Montana began leaving notes on Kraska's door, Villalobos said, according to KFMB.


TV anchor 'gunned down by painter over shoddy work'
San Diego police Lt. Scott Wahl said the dispute involved the painting of the anchor's house but didn't offer specifics.

Montana surrendered to authorities Tuesday night, hours after the shooting and a SWAT standoff at his home in suburban El Cajon. He was booked into San Diego County jail and was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on a charge of attempted murder.

Kraska, 48, is the sports director at KFMB, where he has worked since 1999. He has been a fixture in San Diego homes as the station's evening sports anchor since 2003 and hosts the San Diego Chargers postgame show.

The Boston native previously worked for television stations in Los Angeles; Sarasota, Florida; Tampa, Florida; El Paso, Texas; and Albany, New York, according to KFMB