San Diego DUI criminal defense lawyers news

The woman who was shot by an off-duty San Diego police officer in Oceanside on Saturday night was identified by San Diego DUI sources yesterday as 27-year-old Rachel Silva of Camp Pendleton.

She and her 8-year-old son were wounded in the confrontation with the officer after a roadway altercation ended up in the parking lot of a Lowe's home improvement store on Old Grove Road near state Route 76.

Police have yet to provide details of the incident, but said they allegedly have statements from the officer, Frank White, and the boy.

Silva has yet to give her side of the story to police authorities nor is she obligated to do so. Her San Diego civil rights/ personal injury / criminal defense attorney, Jack Phillips, will help her.

Records with the state Department of Motor Vehicles purportedly show Silva's driver's license has been suspended or revoked. She reportedly has one San Diego DUI related conviction and was allegedly arrested on a second San Diego DUI charge in January, San Diego county DUI records indicate.

San Diego area police have said one of the drivers allegedly cut off the other vehicle. Then one of the drivers reportedly followed the other into the Lowe's parking lot. Silva was driving a silver Honda, and White was in a black Mercury sedan.

Police have not said how many rounds White fired in the parking lot or what type of weapon he used.

The woman was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital and her son was taken to Rady Children's Hospital – both in Kearny Mesa.

The boy was released Wednesday, San Diego DUI attorneys understand. The lady is married to a member of the military and lives at Camp Pendleton, reportedly has joint legal custody of her son, according to San Diego DUI lawyers.