SALINAS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A VEHICLE USED IN AN ATTEMPTED MURDER JUST AFTER NOON TODAY (MONDAY). A TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD MALE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE ON THE 300 BLOCK OF NOICE DR WHEN A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE APPROACHED. THE PASSENGER FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS AT THE MAN, WHO WAS HIT AT LEAST ONCE IN THE UPPER TORSO AND FLOWN TO A BAY AREA TRAUMA CENTER. (HIS INJURIES ARE NOT CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING.) THE VEHICLE IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE OLDER MODEL CAR WITH DARKLY TINTED WINDOWS, POSSIBLY A TOYOTA CAMRY. IT HAS A DENT ON THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER AND WAS LAST SEEN FLEEING SOUTHBOUND ON NOICE DR. THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS GANG-RELATED.
