Yuma neighbor shares what he saw the night a teen was shot
Eduardo Morales
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) – A neighbor shares what he saw the night Yuma police responded to a shooting where a teen was shot in the head.
Friday night, the Yuma Police Department (YPD) responded to a home on 17th Avenue and 19th Street, near the East Main Canal.
“I came outside it was just full of probably about 13 cop cars,” said Mateo Gonzalez, a neighbor to where the shooting took place.
YPD describes what they found.
“When officers arrived, they located a 14-year-old juvenile with a gunshot wound to the head in the living room of the residence and started conducting life saving measures,” said Hayato Johnson, Public Information Officer.
The teen was taken to Onvida Health with life-threatening injuries and later flown to a Phoenix area hospital.
Police say there was also a 21-year-old sibling present.
One neighbor says he saw someone matching that description.
“He’s been here for a while, really good kid, he wasn’t really talking much but he had blood on his neck and down his ear…I thought he was injured,” said Gonzalez.
This case remains under investigation.
If you have any information on the case, contact YPD or 78-CRIME to remain anonymous.