16-Year-Old Boy Wounded In Redlands Drive-By Shooting

REDLANDS, CA — The Redlands Police Department announced Monday that it is continuing to investigate a weekend drive-by shooting that left a 16-year-old boy wounded.

The shooting was reported around 8:30 p.m. Saturday on Orange Street near Union Avenue.

Once at the scene, police officers found the victim bleeding heavily from a gunshot wound to his lower leg. An officer applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding prior to paramedics arriving. The victim was transported to a local hospital. An update on his condition was not available.

The victim and witnesses reported the teen was walking on Orange Street when a gray sedan stopped in the middle of the road. The driver called out to the teen before pulling out a handgun and firing one round. The vehicle then fled, the police department reported.

A spent 9mm cartridge was found in the middle of the road, police said.

It's unclear whether the victim knew the alleged shooter.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact Redlands police dispatch at 909-798-7681 ext. 1.