14-year-old student fatally shot; neighbors report seeing fleeing teens
By Jazmon DeJarnette
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SALINAS, California (KSBW) — Around 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, officers responded to Camarillo Court in east Salinas. When they arrived, they found a 14-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds.
The Salinas Union High School District confirms the teen was one of their students.
A neighbor I spoke with ran out of his house after hearing the shots and found the teen lying on the curb.
“There was the boy lying there, and that was all I saw, and from then on, I didn’t know what happened,” said the neighbor.
Another neighbor told me she first thought she was hearing fireworks, until she saw a group of teens running down the street away from the gunfire.
“I was like, oh, I don’t think that’s normal. And then, like a few seconds later, I saw, like, two neighbors run towards the direction where the shots were heard. And I said, ‘No, that’s not typical behavior for fireworks,'” said the other neighbor.
Neighbors say gang activity is common in this area — pointing to tagging on the wall as just one example.
“I would say, like, half and half. I mean, sometimes they do. But then just seeing the wall tagged up makes me kind of feel unease,” said the neighbor.
They’re calling for the violence to stop, saying too many teens in Salinas have access to weapons.
“I would say that they shouldn’t sell us guns, or that they should prohibit them,” said a neighbor.
Salinas Police Department confirmed that they’ll keep working through the weekend to find who’s responsible, and they’re asking anyone with information to come forward.
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