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In the interest of speed and timeliness, this story is fed directly from the Associated Press newswire and may contain spelling or grammatical errors.
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Delhi high school student shot, two men sought
Tuesday April 15, 2003
DELHI, Calif. (AP) A 13-year-old Delhi middle school student
was shot in the hip as he walked to class Tuesday in what police
believe was a gang-related attack.
The boy was transported by ambulance to a Turlock hospital. His
injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, said Merced
County Undersheriff Bill Blake.
Blake said the shooting occurred at about 8:15 a.m. in a parking
lot at the Delhi Education Park, a facility containing both a
middle school and a high school.
``He was walking with a high school student who is a validated
gang member when they were approached,'' Blake said.
He said the two boys exchanged words with two unidentified adult
males in a white Lincoln town car. A single shot was fired from the
car from about 50 feet away, Blake said.
``The bullet went through his backpack and a spiral notebook and
went into his left hip,'' Blake said.
He said they do not know if the victim was the intended target,
``but we do know the victim was carrying a large knife in his
pocket.''
``We generally believe this was gang-related,'' Blake said.
Police had no suspects by midday Tuesday.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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