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East Palo Alto police investigate Friday shooting

Man is reportedly in 'critical but stable' condition

by Gennady Sheyner / Palo Alto Weekly

Uploaded: Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 4:45 pm 0
Updated: Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 1:38 pm
Time to read: about 1 minutes

East Palo Alto police are investigating a shooting that left a man in critical condition Friday evening.

Police were alerted to the incident by the ShotSpotter gunshot-detective system, according to a news release issued Saturday from the East Palo Alto Police Department. Shortly after 6 p.m., officers arrived in the 800 block of Schembri Lane and found a vehicle with the man inside, suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper torso area.

Witnesses reportedly saw a silver four-door sedan speeding away from the area.

The injured man, a 29-year-old from San Jose, was taken to a local hospital where he was listed as in critical but stable condition, according to the news release. Police said on Monday that he remains in stable condition.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the East Palo Alto Police Department by sending an anonymous email to epa@tipnow.org, sending an anonymous text to 650-409-6792 or by leaving an anonymous voice mail at 650-409-6792.

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Gennady Sheyner
 
Gennady Sheyner covers the City Hall beat in Palo Alto as well as regional politics, with a special focus on housing and transportation. Before joining the Palo Alto Weekly/PaloAltoOnline.com in 2008, he covered breaking news and local politics for the Waterbury Republican-American, a daily newspaper in Connecticut. Read more >>

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East Palo Alto police investigate Friday shooting

Man is reportedly in 'critical but stable' condition

by Gennady Sheyner / Palo Alto Weekly

Uploaded: Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 4:45 pm
Updated: Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 1:38 pm

East Palo Alto police are investigating a shooting that left a man in critical condition Friday evening.

Police were alerted to the incident by the ShotSpotter gunshot-detective system, according to a news release issued Saturday from the East Palo Alto Police Department. Shortly after 6 p.m., officers arrived in the 800 block of Schembri Lane and found a vehicle with the man inside, suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper torso area.

Witnesses reportedly saw a silver four-door sedan speeding away from the area.

The injured man, a 29-year-old from San Jose, was taken to a local hospital where he was listed as in critical but stable condition, according to the news release. Police said on Monday that he remains in stable condition.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the East Palo Alto Police Department by sending an anonymous email to epa@tipnow.org, sending an anonymous text to 650-409-6792 or by leaving an anonymous voice mail at 650-409-6792.

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