12-Year-Old Shot in Road Rage Shooting in Pittsburg

On Friday, September 2nd, at 1:54 pm, Officers responded to the realm of Harbor Road and Atlantic Avenue for the report of a 12-year-old woman who was shot whereas seated inside a automobile within the Metropolis of Pittsburg.

She had a single non-life threatening gunshot wound to her proper decrease leg. Officers offered fast medical support, and paramedics transported her to the hospital, the place she was in secure situation.

The preliminary investigation revealed the woman’s mom was driving together with her three youngsters, ages 6, six months, and the 12-year-old sufferer. Data suggests there was a road-rage incident with one other motorist whereas they had been driving on Buchanan Highway at Harbor Road. A person pulled alongside the sufferer’s automotive, pulled out a handgun, and fired a single spherical which struck the 12-year-old woman within the leg.

The mom fled to a close-by procuring heart, the place she referred to as for assist.

Officers interviewed a number of witnesses to the incident and are utilizing our city-wide digicam system to generate leads, transferring us nearer to figuring out a accountable suspect.

This investigation remains to be in its preliminary levels, and we might ask anybody with info to please contact the Pittsburg Police Division at (925)646-2441.

UPDATE:  SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY*

This afternoon, Pittsburg Police Detectives had been referred to as to analyze the highway rage capturing that left a 12-year-old woman affected by a non-life threatening gunshot wound whereas seated as a passenger in her mom’s automotive.

The suspect within the capturing, who was driving a separate automotive, was recognized as Dwayne Brown III, a 29-year-old man from Sacramento.  Brown was safely taken into custody with the help of the Modesto Police Division, on account of investigative leads that led police there.

Based mostly on info realized from the investigation, this does seem like an remoted incident, with the one suspect now in custody. That is nonetheless an lively investigation, and we ask anybody with info relative to this incident to please contact the Pittsburg Police Division at 925-646-2441.