Updated on February 16, 2021 at 6:36 am
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A 10-year-old boy was playing in front of his family's home Sunday in a Pasadena neighborhood when he was struck by gunfire, police said.
The gunshots near Parke Street and Garfield Avenue were reported about 3 p.m., according to Pasadena police. At least one man got out of a vehicle and fired shots toward the area where Mario Gabriel Ramirez was playing, Pasadena police Lt. Carolyn Gordon said.
Lindaura Garcia, the paternal grandmother, said she thought the worst.
“I was hysterical, I didn’t know what had happened,” she said.
The boy suffered life-threatening injuries, but was alert when he was taken to a hospital.