Fullerton : Girl Hit in Drive-by Shooting at High School

In the first-ever drive-by shooting at a Fullerton high school, a 16-year-old student was grazed in the forearm by a ricocheting bullet as she was standing across from the school after class Monday afternoon.

The student--whose name was not released by police--suffered only a minor wound from the shooting and probably was not the intended victim, Fullerton Police Lt. Jeff Roop said.

Police late Monday were questioning a group of male high school students who were standing near the victim at the time of the shooting, he added. The bullets may have been intended for one of the young men, Roop said.

Police have no suspects and do not know whether the 2 p.m. shooting was gang-related, Roop added.

The victim was standing across from Fullerton High School in the 500 block of North Pomona Avenue when an older-model Chevrolet Monte Carlo covered with gray primer paint started up the street.

Two men were in the car, Roop said. The driver pointed a small pistol out the window and fired two or three rounds as the car passed.

“They’re gone,” Roop said. “We don’t know who they are.”

One round, either a .22-caliber or a .25-caliber bullet, ricocheted and grazed the girl, Roop said. Police recovered the disfigured slug.

The girl’s wound “looked more like a bruise or a burn than a bullet wound,” Roop added.