Watsonville Man Shot Leaving His House

A 29-year-old man was shot as he was leaving his home just outside of Watsonville Thursday morning, according to a Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.

Around 7:10 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a reported shooting in the 300 block of Manfre Road south of Buena Vista Drive, sheriff’s Lt. Kelly Kent said.

Arriving deputies found the 29-year-old man with two gunshot wounds to the torso, Kent said. He was airlifted to a Santa Clara County trauma center to be treated and is expected to survive, according to Kent.

A preliminary investigation indicated that two men were waiting for the victim near the home’s front yard, the spokesman said. The suspects shot the victim, fled the scene and have not been found as of this afternoon, Kent said.

The shooting may be gang-related, Kent said.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the sheriff’s non-emergency dispatch line at (831) 471-1121.

--Bay City News

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