Woman hospitalized following shooting in Merced, police say

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- A pistillate is successful the infirmary pursuing an aboriginal greeting shooting successful Merced connected Saturday morning.

Officers responded to a vicinity connected Orion Drive adjacent Saint Tropez astatine astir 1:30 a.m., wherever they recovered a pistillate suffering from a gunshot coiled to the head.

Police accidental the pistillate was alert and conscious astatine the scene. She was taken to the infirmary and is expected to survive.

The probe is ongoing.