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.
10-year-old boy seriously wounded in Pasadena shooting
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PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) A 10-year-old boy who was playing in front of his Pasadena home was seriously wounded in a shooting where he was not the intended target, police say.
The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Sunday near Garfield Avenue and Parke Street, just a block from the Villa Park Community Center.
A suspect exited a vehicle and fired shots toward the area where the child was playing, Pasadena police said.
The boy was hit by gunfire more than once and sustained life-threatening injuries, authorities say.
One witness said she heard as many as 20 shots.
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