WALNUT CREEK, CA — A woman was airlifted to a trauma center after suffering a gunshot wound to a leg in an unincorporated part of Contra Costa County on Monday night, according to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
The shooting was reported at 8:44 p.m. in the 2600 block of Dutch Slough Road, which is just east of Oakley city limits, fire officials said.
A 35-year-old woman was transported via helicopter to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. The severity of her injury wasn't immediately provided.
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The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting, and didn't immediately reply to a request for more information on what led up to the shooting.
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