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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Back-to-back shootings involving teenagers occurred successful Tulare County this weekend.
Deputies accidental a 16-year-old lad was shot outside of a ample location enactment Sunday morning.
Investigators accidental the shots came from a motortruck disconnected of Avenue 236 West of Tulare.
The teen was flown to a section infirmary for country and is expected to survive.
Another shooting astatine a antithetic ample enactment disconnected of Road 144 successful Yettem occurred astir midnight Saturday morning.
"When they arrived, our deputies heard further gunshots coming from the party, followed by screaming and yelling," Ashley Ritchie, Media Supervisor Tulare County Sheriff's Office said.
Two 18-year-olds, Daniel Tanguma from Porterville, Mathew Mejia from Visalia and 20-year-old Jacob Salinas person been arrested connected attempted execution and firearm charges.
Investigators accidental they are each pack members, telling america the unfortunate changeable was 1 of respective men who confronted them for bringing guns into the party.
The antheral was taken to a section infirmary with non-life-threatening injuries and has nary pack ties.
"Because this is the 2nd nighttime successful a enactment that we've had a shooting astatine a enactment similar this connected a weekend, I would truly caution parents to cognize wherever their kids are, particularly connected the weekends oregon erstwhile they spell out," Ritchie said.
Ritchie besides says they are grateful cipher was killed, and that this could person been a antithetic conversation.
"Luckily successful some of these cases, the victims are going to survive. But this tin ever crook retired truthful differently. And of course, erstwhile idiosyncratic is shooting into a ample assemblage of people, it could have, sedate a horrible outcome," Ritchie said.
Ritchie urges parents to beryllium alert of wherever their kids are and what benignant of parties they are attending.
Anyone with accusation astir these shootings is asked to interaction the Tulare County Sheriff's Office at 559-733-6218, oregon anonymously astatine 559-725-4194 oregon tcso@tipnow.com.
