Boy, 15, hospitalized after central Fresno shooting; police seek two suspect vehicles

A 15-year-old was hospitalized after a shooting Thursday night in front of an apartment complex in central Fresno.

The incident happened about 5:30 p.m., with police receiving reports of a person shot in the 1300 block of north Eighth Street just north of Olive Avenue, according to Lt. Sean Biggs.

Officers arrived and found the boy at the complex with a gunshot wound to his leg, Biggs said. He was taken to Community Regional Medical Center and was in stable condition.

The boy told officers that he was taking out the trash in the front of the complex when he was approached by two men and a woman, according to Biggs.

The men exchanged words with the teenager, then pulled out handguns and opened fire. The boy was trying to run into the complex when he was struck, police said.

The suspected shooters left in two vehicles, with one described by authorities as a red sedan with black wheels. Police did not have a description of the second vehicle.