GRANGER, Wash. — A 21-year-old woman is in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being shot in the upper body Sunday afternoon.
According to a news release from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office, Veronica Gonzalez was wounded at about 4 p.m., when shots were fired from a vehicle toward her home in the 500 block of Hudson Road.
At least one bullet entered the house and struck Gonzalez. Other occupants of the house escaped injury. The woman was initially treated in Yakima before being transferred to Harborview.
The suspects fled in a white, four-door sedan. Police believe the shooting is gang related, although Chief of Detectives Stew Graham said Gonzalez is not a known gang member.
Anyone who has information on the shooting is asked to call the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office at 509-574-2500.
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/04/05/woman-shot-in-drive-by
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Toppenish- Drive-by and high speed chase
TOPPENISH, Wash. — Authorities on Saturday night arrested a 19-year-old Buena man who they say sideswiped a patrol car during a high-speed chase after multiple drive-by shootings.
It began with reports from Toppenish police of multiple drive-by shootings in the Toppenish area about 2 p.m., according to a news release from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office. When a deputy in the area attempted to pull over a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of Fraley and Buena roads, the driver took off at speeds that exceeded 100 mph.
The chase went on for several miles, and at one point the driver ran off the road at the intersection of McDonald Road and Rowberry Way, just outside of Toppenish.
As the driver maneuvered back onto McDonald Road, his vehicle sideswiped a deputy’s patrol car. The deputy was not injured.
Later in the chase, officers slowed down due to poor visibility on the dusty Willowtree Lane, authorities said. Moments later, the vehicle was found abandoned inside a mobile home court on Willowtree Lane.
Deputies found a scoped rifle in the vehicle, along with spent shell casings and bullets, according to the release.
After a search of the area, deputies found two people believed to have been passengers during the pursuit.
About seven hours later, deputies found the man they believe to have been the driver inside his Buena home. The man — who authorities say has gang connections — had shaved his head in an apparent attempt to change his appearance.
Deputies are investigating whether the rifle found in the man’s vehicle is connected to a shooting reported about 1:45 a.m. Saturday on Crewport Lane, north of Granger.
The man was arrested on pending charges of eluding and second-degree assault.
— Melissa Sánchez
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/15/man-arrested-after-drive-by-shootings-chase-near-toppenish
It began with reports from Toppenish police of multiple drive-by shootings in the Toppenish area about 2 p.m., according to a news release from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office. When a deputy in the area attempted to pull over a suspicious vehicle near the intersection of Fraley and Buena roads, the driver took off at speeds that exceeded 100 mph.
The chase went on for several miles, and at one point the driver ran off the road at the intersection of McDonald Road and Rowberry Way, just outside of Toppenish.
As the driver maneuvered back onto McDonald Road, his vehicle sideswiped a deputy’s patrol car. The deputy was not injured.
Later in the chase, officers slowed down due to poor visibility on the dusty Willowtree Lane, authorities said. Moments later, the vehicle was found abandoned inside a mobile home court on Willowtree Lane.
Deputies found a scoped rifle in the vehicle, along with spent shell casings and bullets, according to the release.
After a search of the area, deputies found two people believed to have been passengers during the pursuit.
About seven hours later, deputies found the man they believe to have been the driver inside his Buena home. The man — who authorities say has gang connections — had shaved his head in an apparent attempt to change his appearance.
Deputies are investigating whether the rifle found in the man’s vehicle is connected to a shooting reported about 1:45 a.m. Saturday on Crewport Lane, north of Granger.
The man was arrested on pending charges of eluding and second-degree assault.
— Melissa Sánchez
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/15/man-arrested-after-drive-by-shootings-chase-near-toppenish
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