POLICE IN GREENFIELD ARE INVESTIGATING THE WEEKEND SHOOTING OF A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER. 29-YEAR OLD JULIO RODARTE SUFFERED MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS WHEN HE WAS SHOT SATURDAY MORNING ON OAK AVENUE. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE SHOOTING COULD BE GANG-RELATED. RODARTE WAS CONVICTED OF MOLESTING A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 18. THIS IS THE SECOND SEX OFFENDER SHOT IN THE AREA OVER THE PAST MONTH. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST MONTH IN SALINAS WHEN DONALD CRISP WAS FOUND SHOT OUTSIDE OF HIS HYLAND HOME. HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF THE TWO INCIDENTS ARE RELATED.
