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Yakima Herald-Republic April 12, 2010 | Melissa Snchez Teen shot in Sunday afternoon drive-by YAKIMA — A 17-year-old male was shot in the arm Sunday afternoon in what police believe was another gang-related shooting.

It happened about 1:50 p.m. in the area of Summitview and 30th avenues, Yakima police Sgt. Lloyd George wrote in a news release.

Authorities believe the teenager and his associates were in a gold Honda when someone in a blue or dark green Ford Explorer shot at them.

The teenager, who sustained gunshot wounds to his upper right arm and a grazing wound to the back of his head, initially told police that he and his friends were shot at while walking in the 1800 block of Summitview Avenue, the release said. go to web site 2000 jeep grand cherokee

But police believe he was in the gold-colored Honda that witnesses had described in the area of 30th and Summitview avenues.

Authorities later impounded a gold Honda with several bullet holes in it.

Police are looking for the Ford Explorer, which has tinted windows. Witnesses told police the driver was a female, and the male shooter was described as a bald Hispanic male.

The teenager’s wounds are considered nonlife- threatening.

Three injured in Sunnyside shooting SUNNYSIDE — Authorities are investigating a drive-by shooting Saturday night just south of Sunnyside that injured three people, including a woman who was seriously injured.

The shooting victims were in a 1993 Mitsubishi sedan southbound on Waneta Road near the Hollis Road intersection about 11:35 p.m. when a dark-colored SUV pulled alongside them, according to a Yakima Sheriff’s Office news release.

Several shots were fired at the sedan, wounding three of the four people inside, Sgt. John Duran wrote in the news release.

The SUV continued south on Waneta Road toward Mabton, victims told authorities.

One bullet struck the face of the driver, a 33-year-old Sunnyside man, the release said. Another bullet hit a 23-year Sunnyside man in the arm. A 24-year-old Sunnyside woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso.

All three were taken to Sunnyside Community Hospital, according to the release. The men’s wounds were considered nonlife- threatening. The woman’s injuries were considered critical, but authorities did not release her condition Sunday afternoon.

Anyone with information is asked to call 509-574-2500.

Police seek driver who left scene of rollover YAKIMA — The driver in a rollover accident that injured a 22- year-old Yakima man Sunday morning left the scene on foot, authorities said. see here 2000 jeep grand cherokee

Arturo Almaguer was riding in a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee about 4:45 a.m. on eastbound State Route 24 when the driver attempted to turn south at Birchfield Road, according to a Washington State Patrol news release.

The Jeep left the roadway and rolled over before coming to a rest in a field. When state troopers arrived, the driver was no longer on the scene, authorities said.

Authorities believe drugs or alcohol were involved.

Almaguer, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken to Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center, where hospital officials could not release information on his condition Sunday.

The accident remains under investigation.

– Yakima Herald-Republic Melissa Snchez