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Drive-By Shooting Wounds 1

A 19-year-old woman was wounded in a drive-by shooting, San Diego police said Thursday.

Melissa Barrow was shot once in the leg while talking with friends at Imperial Avenue and 30th Street shortly before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said.

According to police spokesman Bill Robinson, the shot came from one of three vehicles traveling west on Imperial.

Barrow was taken by friends to San Diego Physicians & Surgeons Hospital, then transferred to UCSD Medical Center. She was held overnight and treated for a bullet wound to the right calf, a hospital spokeswoman said.

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Robinson said it is not known whether the incident is related to several other drive-by shootings in the past week. Gang detail detectives were investigating.

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