Crime & Safety
Peninsula Drive-by: Man Shot While Sitting in Parked Car, Police Say
The suspects are outstanding.
SAN MATEO, CA — San Mateo police are searching for whomever is responsible for the shooting of a 24-year-old local man who was apparently just sitting in a car when the incident, believed to be isolated, happened.
According to the San Mateo Police Department, the incident came to their attention when the man showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound on Friday night. Officers responded to the medical facility and learned the man was fired at while seated in a vehicle in the 600 block of Rand St.
The suspect then fled the area right away in a vehicle, police said.
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"Upon notification of the incident, officers flooded the area to conduct a canvass for the suspect vehicle, witnesses, and evidence," police said in a news release. "SMPD Detectives are currently investigating this case and believe this to be an isolated incident."
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact San Mateo police Detective Dave Manion at (650) 522-7654 or dmanion@cityofsanmateo.org.
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