Tonya
07-26-2004, 12:10 PM
1 Dead, 5 Wounded In Weekend ShootingstheKCRAchannel.com8:43 a.m. PDT July 26, 2004 - A young mother was killed and five other people wounded early Sunday when shots were fired near the scene of a suspected street race.
Authorities said a driver flagged down an ambulance just after 1 a.m. in south Sacramento. In the back seat of the car, paramedics found a 6-month-old boy and his mother, 16-year-old Deera Viana Torez, who had been shot in the head.
"The driver was in the front seat, he wasn't aware of what had happened in the back seat until he looked back and saw she wasn't responding," Sacramento police Lt. Gina Hayes said.
Police said Torez died instantly. The baby was not injured.
Officers traced the shooting back to the scene of suspected street race at an industrial park several miles away.
Five other people showed up at area hospitals with gunshot wounds -- one of them remained in critical condition early Monday.
Investigators said they found at least a dozen shells at the scene, but they're still trying to determine what may have led to the shooting.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5517326/
Authorities said a driver flagged down an ambulance just after 1 a.m. in south Sacramento. In the back seat of the car, paramedics found a 6-month-old boy and his mother, 16-year-old Deera Viana Torez, who had been shot in the head.
"The driver was in the front seat, he wasn't aware of what had happened in the back seat until he looked back and saw she wasn't responding," Sacramento police Lt. Gina Hayes said.
Police said Torez died instantly. The baby was not injured.
Officers traced the shooting back to the scene of suspected street race at an industrial park several miles away.
Five other people showed up at area hospitals with gunshot wounds -- one of them remained in critical condition early Monday.
Investigators said they found at least a dozen shells at the scene, but they're still trying to determine what may have led to the shooting.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5517326/