Passenger injured by gunfire from other vehicle in Yolo County drive-by shooting
The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office on Friday was investigating a drive-by shooting that injured a passenger in a vehicle after someone fired a gun from another vehicle on a rural road near Winters.
The shooting was reported about 1:30 p.m. Friday on County Road 89, just north of Winters and west of Interstate 505, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.
The victim was shot as the suspect vehicle passed by. Sheriff’s officials said the victim suffered a single gunshot wound and was driven to a local hospital, before he was transferred to a trauma center. There were no further details about the victim’s condition.
Investigators described the suspect vehicle as a small, dark-colored sedan that was last seen heading north on Country Road 89. They had no further suspect descriptions.
The Sheriff’s Office asked anyone with information about this shooting to call its dispatch center at 530-666-8282, or leave a confidential tip by calling 530-668-5248.