2 MEN SUFFERED FATAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS LAST NIGHT IN MONTEREY COUNTY. IN THE FIRST SHOOTING, A MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR WAS SHOT AND KILLED AROUND 9:15 P.M., WHILE HE WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DEL MONTE AND ORCHARD IN SALINAS. IN the 2ND SHOOTING, 26 YEAR-OLD MARINA RESIDENT DWAYNE CHOATES JUNIOR WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AROUND 9:20 P.M., WHILE HE WAS BETWEEN BUILDINGS AT the DEL MONTE MANOR APARTMENTS IN SEASIDE. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT EITHER SHOOTING IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE WE TIP ANONYMOUS CRIME TIP LINE AT 1-800-78-CRIME.
CHOATES WAS THE NEPHEW OF FORMER LONG-TIME SEASIDE CITY COUNCILMAN DARRYL CHOATES.
