Man shot inside Oceanside home after opening door to apparent stranger

OCEANSIDE (CNS) - A 43-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his back after he opened the front door of his Oceanside home to a man asking for someone, police said Monday.

The shooting was reported around 10:55 p.m. Sunday at a house in the 4500 block of Vineyard Way, south of Oceanside Golf Course in the North Valley neighborhood, Oceanside police spokesman Tom Bussey said.

Paramedics took the victim to a hospital for treatment of his injuries, which were not believed to be life-threatening, Bussey said.

The victim told officers that the gunman, described as a heavyset man in his 20s weari...