Santa Rosa man, 20, injured in suspected gang shooting

Gunfire on Sunday wounded a 20-year-old Santa Rosa man and Santa Rosa police say the shooting could be gang-related.

A bullet struck the man in one leg and he was driven to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital by a friend, police Sgt. Lisa Banayat said.

Police were called to the hospital at about 11:30 p.m. when the shooting victim arrived.

The victim, known to police as a registered gang member, told officers he’d been walking along West Ninth Street when a car pulled up and someone shot him. Police apparently were given no descriptions of the vehicle or shooter.

Officers searched the West Ninth Street area but found no evidence of casings or blood and gang detectives are investigating, Banayat said.

Police weren’t releasing the man’s name, citing the gang-related nature of the violence.

Earlier this month three incidents of suspected gang-related gunfire occurred in Santa Rosa neighborhoods.

In one case several vehicles were targeted; in another, shots fired in a neighborhood resulted in a bullet entering an occupied bedroom. In the third case, a group of men standing outside a home apparently were targets of drive-by gunfire, but no one was hit, according to police.