Update: Two shot at Modesto gas station. Search perimeter set up, but subject had fled area
Two adults were taken to hospital emergency departments for treatment after a shooting at the Valero gas station and food mart on Prescott Road at Mount Vernon Drive in Modesto on Sunday morning.
A police lieutenant said the shooting occurred inside and outside the market. Investigators “don’t know their condition as of now,” Lt. Brian Binkley said at the scene. An incident report from the Modesto Fire Department said the two suffered “critical injuries.”
The lieutenant said he did not believe either of those shot was an employee of the business, and an employee who arrived at Valero after the crime scene was taped off said he’d heard his colleagues were OK.
A news release from the Police Department on Sunday afternoon said officers were dispatched to the shooting scene just after 9:30 a.m.
“It appears the shooting stemmed from a physical altercation between two groups of subjects who may have known each other,” the release says. “This appears to be an isolated incident.”
Early indications led officers to believe there was an outstanding subject in the area, according to the news release. At least in the neighborhood east of the shooting scene, sheriff’s deputies helped establish a perimeter.
But authorities quickly learned the subject was able to flee the area prior to their arrival.
This story was originally published December 24, 2023 at 11:58 AM.
