Teen Shot In Leg, Dropped Off At Hospital: Watsonville PD

Officers responded to a hospital Saturday to a report that a 15-year-old had been shot, according to the Watsonville Police Department.

When officers arrived, they discovered the juvenile had a bullet wound in his leg, police said. Police said the juvenile gave officers several different stories during the police investigation. Officers found a trail of blood near the hospital and believe that the juvenile was dropped off and walked to the hospital, police said.

Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to call either the Watsonville Police Department main number at (831) 471-1151 or the anonymous tip line at (831) 768-3544 or the department’s investigation’s bureau at (831) 768-3352.

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