San Diego TV sports anchor Kyle Kraska shot outside his home
The sports director for a San Diego television station has been wounded in a shooting outside his home.
CBS affiliate KFMB-TV says Kyle Kraska was attacked Tuesday afternoon in the wealthy Scripps Ranch area of the city.
TV reports show a silver Mercedes with its back window shot out parked on the edge of a driveway in a cul-de-sac. KFMB reports Kraska was shot several times and is in surgery.
The station says a police officer who accompanied Kraska to the hospital said he is alert, awake and responsive.
Police told the station the shooters drove off in a van.
Kraska appears on the channel’s evening newscasts and hosts its San Diego Chargers postgame show. He previously worked for TV stations in New York, Florida, Texas and Los Angeles.
He was the sports director at KVIA-TV in El Paso more than 20 years ago.
Kraska Bio from CBS 8 Website
“My dream job in my dream city…sometimes I wonder how on earth I’m getting paid for this.”
Kyle Kraska loves sports. As the Emmy-Award winning Sports Director for CBS News 8, he gives viewers an inside look at the world of sports right here in San Diego every weeknight at 5pm, 6:30pm and 11pm. During football season, you can also see Kyle following San Diego Chargers games as the host of the Chargers Post-Game Show.
Kyle’s career started his senior year at Syracuse University when he landed the weekend Sports Anchor job at WWNY-TV in Watertown, New York. From there he jumped to WWSB-TV in Sarasota, Florida, KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, WRGB-TV in Albany, New York and WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida.
Then Hollywood came calling and Kyle accepted a position as evening News Anchor for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. That was followed by a stint hosting “Hard Copy,” a top-rated nationally syndicated news magazine show. In 1999, Kyle joined KFMB, greeting San Diego news viewers every weekday, as CBS News 8’s morning and noon co-anchor. In 2003, his energetic style of reporting landed him the position of Sports Anchor for CBS News 8 at 5pm, 6:30pm and 11pm.
The winner of numerous broadcast awards for both sports coverage and breaking news, Kyle’s been honored with Associated Press Awards, California Golden Mike Award, New York State Broadcasters Awards and an Emmy Award. Sports rank high with Kyle on and off the set. In his spare time, the Boston native enjoys surfing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and playing basketball.
