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A MAN SUFFERED A FATAL GUNSHOT WOUND IN NORTH MONTEREY COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. HE WAS REPORTEDLY SITTING IN A CAR (WITH 2 OTHER PEOPLE) ON THE FIRST BLOCK OF OVERPASS ROAD IN LAS LOMAS WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE CAR. ONLY THE 1 MAN WAS HIT BY THE JUST-AFTER-MIDNIGHT GUNFIRE.
PRUNEDALE RESIDENT JESSE CROW WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD EARLY THIS MORNING. HE WAS FOUND HANGING FROM A MAKESHIFT ROPE IN HIS JAIL CELL AT 3 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH C.P.R. WAS IMMEDIATELY STARTED, AND HE WAS RUSHED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD A SHORT TIME LATER. CROW WAS IN JAIL AWAITING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING REGARDING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE RYANN BUNNELL CROW (WHO WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE JANUARY 30th).
LOCALS TOOK THE TOP 3 SPOTS IN THIS MORNING’S SALINAS VALLEY HALF MARATHON. 20 YEAR-OLD DIEGO ESTRADA (A 2008 GRADUATE OF ALISAL HIGH SCHOOL) WAS THE OVERALL WINNER, WITH AN UNOFFICIAL TIME OF 1 HOUR, 6 MINUTES, AND 29 SECONDS. CASTROVILLE RESIDENT DANNY TAPIA (THIS YEAR’S WINNER OF THE BIG SUR MARATHON) TOOK SECOND PLACE, AND CARMEL VALLEY’S ANDREW PARCEL TOOK 3RD. THE TOP 3 FEMALE RUNNERS WERE BROOKE WELLS (FROM CARMEL VALLEY), ASHLEY CARROLL (FROM THE BAY AREA), AND KATHY PUGH (FROM MARINA). THERE WERE 13 HUNDRED RUNNERS (AND WALKERS) THAT MADE (OR ARE STILL MAKING) THEIR WAY FROM THE SOLEDAD MISSION TO PESSAGNO WINERY.
UPDATE: THE VICTIM APPEARS TO HAVE SUFFERED SHOTS TO BOTH HIS HEAD AND TORSO.
SEVERAL SALINAS STREETS ARE REPORTEDLY BLOCKED OFF RIGHT NOW, AS SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON. THE 4:45 P.M. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON GEE STREET NEAR GARNER AVENUE. A CAL-STAR HELICOPTER WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE TO TRANSPORT THE VICTIM TO AN OUT OF COUNTY TRAUMA CENTER.
SANTA CRUZ POLICE OFFICERS ARE QUESTIONING A MAN RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY BELIEVE STABBED ANOTHER MAN AT A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT NEAR WESTERN DRIVE THIS AFTERNOON. THE 5:45 P.M. STABBING TOOK PLACE ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MISSION AND SWIFT STREETS. THE VICTIM WAS AIR-LIFTED TO AN OUT-OF-COUNTY TRAUMA CENTER.