2nd Suspect Arrested in Gang Shooting
Investigators have arrested the second of two suspects wanted in connection with a gang shooting last week, Port Hueneme police said Friday.
The 16-year-old alleged gang member from Oxnard is suspected of shooting Ruben Ramirez, 17, twice in the leg during a disturbance along the 1600 block of 7th Street in Port Hueneme on Feb. 15, police said.
Inspectors arrested the first suspect, also a juvenile, just hours after the shooting.
The two boys are accused of firing four or five shots at Ramirez and another boy in the frontyard of a 7th Street home after the four boys exchanged gang signals, according to police.
Police credited several witnesses who came forward with information related to the shooting for the second arrest.
Ramirez was treated for gunshot wounds at St. John’s Regional Medical Center and later released.
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