SHOOTING IN SALINAS JG

A 25 YEAR OLD KING CITY MAN WAS SHOT IN THE KNEE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. ARNULFO PINEDA CLAIMS HE WAS SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF A BUSINESS LOCATED AT NORTH MAIN STREET AND CURTIS STREET IN SALINAS. POLICE COULD NOT FIND WITNESSES TO CONFIRM THE STORY. PINEDA, AN ADMITTED GANG MEMBER, REPORTED HE WAS APPROACHED BY A MAN WHO ASKED ABOUT HIS GANG AFFILIATION. THE SUSPECT THEN PISTOL-WHIPPED PINEDA, AND THE WEAPON WAS FIRED AS PINEDA TRIED TO GRAB HIS HAND. PINEDA?S INJURIES WERE NOT CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING.