Crime

Girl shot in the back while sleeping in Fresno apartment. Police hunt shooter

A 13-year-old girl who was shot in the back while asleep in her southeast Fresno home remained in critical and unstable condition Thursday morning as police tried to identify the shooter.

Police spokesman Jeff La Blue said the wounded girl was found inside the apartment on Winery Avenue north of Kings Canyon Road. The shooting reportedly happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. Investigators located multiple shell casings near a concrete block wall outside the complex where the girl lives.

This story was originally published July 23, 2020 at 10:13 AM.

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Jim Guy
The Fresno Bee
A native of Colorado, Jim Guy studied political science, Latin American politics and Spanish literature at Fresno State University, and advanced Spanish grammar in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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