SALINAS POLICE INVESTIGATED AN ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE FRIDAY NIGHT. AT ABOUT 11:20 P-M, PATROL UNITS ARRIVED ON THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CORTEZ STREET AFTER REPORTS OF GUNFIRE in the AREA. POLICE SAY THAT A GATHERING OF UP TO 12 MEN AND WOMEN WERE APPROACHED BY A HISPANIC MAN IN HIS 20’S ARMED WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL. THE SUSPECT TRIED TO FIRE INTO THE GROUP AS THEY WERE ESCAPING INTO THE HOME, BUT THE GUN MISFIRED. THE SUSPECT CHAMBERED ANOTHER ROUND, FIRED AND MISSED. HE THEN PURSUED AND CORNERED THE GROUP WHILE RELOADING AND EJECTING 2 MORE MISFIRING ROUNDS BEFORE FLEEING IN WHITE CAR , POSSIBLY A HONDA. ANY ONE WITHANY INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT IS URGED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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