By Bob Walsh
There was an (alleged) drive-by shooting in a decent neighborhood in north Stockton, CA. a couple of days ago. The victim is an 11-year old boy who is in critical condition due to a gunshot wound to the head. His elder brother, 18, asserts the kid was the victim of a drive-by. The cops don't think so and I don't blame them.
The shooting went down on Thursday just after 5 p.m. When the cops arrived they found nobody (except the brother) that said anything that would lead them to believe the shooting was a drive-by. No shouting, no peeling-out of a getaway car. Just the one gun shot. And when the cops showed up they found a handgun that had recently been fired underneath the 11-year old.
The cops are pretty sure the gun they found under the kid was the gun that shot him. They are dong various forensic things that will tell them if that was the gun that injured the child and if the child had GSR on his hands or clothes. They don't know who owns the gun. In CA a person under 21 can not legally own a handgun so, at least legally, it didn't belong to the 18-year old brother.
The brother was questioned and released. So far.
The 11-year old s at U. C. Davis Hospital and is, according to unofficial information, unlikely to survive.
So, what really happened. Was the kid playing with the gun in the front yard and accidentally shoot himself? Did the brother shoot him? Was there somebody else there that we don't know about yet? The 18-year old was tested for GSR, the results of that test have yet to be released.
It is even possible the older brother heard a shot and was not present and actually believes that there was a drive-by. That, however, is not where I would put my money.
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