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Ex-TV Reporter Charged with Hate Crimes After Shootings

3/13/2026

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Ricardo Berron, a former San Diego TV reporter, faces hate crime charges after allegedly shooting at two men while querying their ethnicities.
He was arrested at San Diego International Airport as he prepared to leave for vacation.
Forensic evidence linked him to two shootings on Palomar Mountain.
In the first incident on October 6, 2025, a victim reported Berron asked if he was Mexican before shooting him.

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Ricardo Berron, a former San Diego TV reporter, faces hate crime charges after allegedly shooting at two men while querying their ethnicities.
He was arrested at San Diego International Airport as he prepared to leave for vacation.
Forensic evidence linked him to two shootings on Palomar Mountain.
In the first incident on October 6, 2025, a victim reported Berron asked if he was Mexican before shooting him.