MERCED, CA (KMJ) – Two shootings take place Friday in Merced, a woman is taken to hospital, say Merced Police.
Police say the first shooting took place around 5:30 in the morning by the 100 block of E. Main Street by and E Street.
The victim had been inside her home when she saw someone breaking the window of her car.
She went outside to confront them, and that’s when police say a second person, in the yard outside the home, shot her in the upper torso.
Both suspects fled.
At 9:15 in the morning gunfire rang out by 134 E. Main Street.
Several rounds were fired into a house but no one was hurt
Merced Police are investigating both shootings to determine if and how they are related.
If you have any information about this shooting, please call the Merced Police Department Detectives Division to speak with Detective Jeremy Salyers at (209) 385-8889 or Detective Sergeant Rey Alvarez at (209) 388-7705.
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