Man Shot In Arm While Leaving Party

Sun., Jan. 23, 2000

From Staff

A 19-year-old man was shot in the arm in a drive-by shooting in north Spokane early Saturday, according to police.

The victim told police he and a friend were leaving a party on the 1500 block of East Illinois shortly after 3 a.m. when three men pulled up in a car and shouted obscenities at them.

Then one of the men fired a handgun, hitting the victim in his right forearm. The wound is not life threatening, police said.

The victim’s friend drove him to a hospital, but left before police arrived.

The shooting occurred on Hogan, between Carlisle and Illinois. Police found a shell casing in the street. The victim told police the men in the car were black and in their late teens or early 20s, police said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Check at 456-2233.

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