A SALINAS MAN, WHO INITIALLY SAID SOMEONE SHOT HIM LAST FRIDAY, APPARENTLY ACTUALLY INADVERTENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEG. 30 YEAR-OLD ALEXIS PADIN, A KNOWN GANG MEMBER, WAS REPORTEDLY FIDDLING WITH A HANDGUN WHEN IT WENT OFF. PADIN WAS AIR-LIFTED TO A BAY AREA TRAUMA CENTER WITH A NON-LIFE-THREATENING WOUND.
2 OTHER GANG MEMBERS, WHO WERE AT THE HOME AT THE TIME, WERE ARRESTED AFTER THEY WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF LOADED HANDGUNS, METHAMPHETAMINE, MARIJUANA, AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. ROBERTO AND EDWARD RUIZ WERE BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.
