Suspects Shoot 12-Year-Old Girl With BB Gun: Contra Costa Sheriff

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA — A 12-year-old girl was among those hurt in a series of BB-gun shootings this week in the Bay Point area, authorities said.

Around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, the girl was walking home from school in the 3300 block of Willow Pass Road — near Marin Avenue — when she was shot at with a BB gun as a car drove past her, a spokesperson for the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff said.

"There were two other similar incidents later that day in the same area," sheriff's Spokesperson Jimmy Lee said. "The victims all suffered injuries. The same suspects appear to be involved in each case."

The suspects were in a newer-model silver Kia Optima sedan, Lee said.

Investigators asked anyone with information on the car or the suspects to contact the Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division at 925-313-2667 or 925-313-2600, send an email to tips@so.cccounty.us, or call 866-846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.