A 19-year-old Sacramento State student was meeting an acquaintance at Motel 6 in South Davis over the weekend when she was unexpectedly confronted by her ex-boyfriend, according to police reports.

The young woman’s shock did not end there.

After her encounter, police say that Julio Cesar Guevara Mejia, 35, allegedly drew his gun and opened fire on her multiple times.

Davis Police Sgt. Scott Smith said the meeting is believed to have been a “setup.”

During the struggle between the woman and the alleged shooter, a male bystander, coming out of a nearby restaurant, yelled at the suspect to let the woman go, Smith said. Mejia released the woman for some time and proceeded to fire at the bystander, but missed.

After the witness escaped Mejia’s gunfire, he told police that Mejia turned and walked back into the motel room, where he is believed to have fired at least four times.

Mejia then drove away in an older Toyota Camry, which police later found abandoned.

Smith said the woman, whose name is being withheld because the crime is considered to be a case of domestic violence, was shot multiple times in the chest, shoulder and leg.

Reports indicated that the woman, who underwent two surgeries on Saturday, was listed as critical Tuesday morning.

“She took several bullets to the body,” Smith said. “It’s pretty traumatic, but she seems to have come out of (her two surgeries).”

Prior to surgery, the woman identified her alleged attacker as Mejia, Smith said.

Mejia is described as a Hispanic male, standing 5 feet 8 inches and weighing 200 pounds. He has short brown hair, a mustache and a goatee.

Smith said investigators are also looking for a second man who may have assisted Mejia in luring the woman to the motel. Police released a photo of the second suspect, described as an 18-year-old Hispanic male, standing 5 feet 10 inches.

This incident marks the second time within the last two semesters that a Sac State student was shot. In May, a stray bullet hit and killed student Kebret Tekle as she waited in a car just off campus.

Gamaliel Ortiz can be reached at [email protected].