Sleeping King City girl injured in gang-related shooting | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian

Sleeping King City girl injured in gang-related shooting | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian: "gunmen walked up to a residence around 3:10 a.m. on the 200 block of Oxford Avenue and fired several rounds into the residence.Miller said one of Saturday's rounds struck the girl, asleep in the front room at the time, in the lower torso. She was treated for non-life-threatening wounds at Mee Memorial Hospital and remains in stable condition.It's the sixth shooting of the year in the area, which police described as a hot spot for gang activity. One of those shootings included the March 3 homicide of Alonso Chavez. The 29-year-old was shot by a man on a bicycle in front of his home on the 1300 block of Cambridge Avenue.On Saturday's shooting, police said the gunmen ran south on Oxford Avenue, got into a black, compact vehicle and left toward Amherst Drive.Miller said police are investigating the shooting as gang-related."

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