Crime

Shooting injures man in car on northwest Modesto street, police say

A man was wounded in a shooting Tuesday during a dispute in northwest Modesto, police said. A Modesto Fire Department battalion chief’s incident summary said he was critically wounded.

The incident occurred on the 3400 block of Shawnee Drive, north of Standiford Avenue.

The Modesto Police Department responded about 3:30 p.m. to a report that a man had been shot in a car. The shooting caused the car to hit a parked vehicle, police said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital. No suspect information was immediately available.

Check back for updates to this breaking story.

This story was originally published July 28, 2020 at 5:52 PM.

John Holland
The Modesto Bee
John Holland covers agriculture, transportation and general assignment news. He has been with The Modesto Bee since 2000 and previously worked at newspapers in Sonora and Visalia. He was born and raised in San Francisco and has a journalism degree from UC Berkeley.
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