Woman in wheelchair shot by a pellet gun in Modesto

A woman in a wheelchair was shot in the leg and behind the ear with a pellet gun Wednesday afternoon in west Modesto, police said.

The woman was on Martin Luther King Dr. near her home on Pine Street at about 1:15 p.m. when the shooting occurred, according to officer Benito Chavez of the Modesto Police Department.

The victim wheeled home and police were called.

The wounds were non-life threatening, but the woman, believed to be in her 50s, was taken by ambulance to Doctors Medical Center.

The alleged suspect in the shooting was a light-skinned man in his 20s, Chavez said. He was in a small black car.

Police were searching the area for the alleged shooter.

We’ll update this story as soon as information is available.

This story was originally published March 30, 2016 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Woman in wheelchair shot by a pellet gun in Modesto."