Modesto man faces charge of attempted murder in shooting of girlfriend

A Modesto man faces a charge of attempted murder in the shooting of his girlfriend Thursday afternoon in Modesto.

Police responded to reports of a person shot on Longbridge Drive, just north of Standiford Avenue between Tully and Carver roads.

The gunshot struck the 28-year-old victim in the back and exited through her throat, her sister told The Bee on Sunday. The slug shattered her spine and severed her spinal cord.

“She has paralysis from the chest down and it’s possible that it’s permanent,” Brittney Adams said in an email. “She’s on an incubator because her lungs are collapsed.”

At the scene shortly after the shooting, a police sergeant said the victim was conscious and alert. Delvon Dupree Earl, 35, was arrested at about 4 p.m. Thursday, according to Stanislaus County Jail booking records.

He is being held on $500,000 bail and faces charges of attempted murder, possession of methamphetamine for sale and possession of a controlled substance while armed with a firearm.

This story was originally published September 23, 2018 at 11:04 AM.