An officer searches the Tracy Garden Apartments after the shooting. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press
Tracy police spokesman Sgt. Tony Sheneman said today that the man is in stable condition.
The chaos started shortly before 6 p.m., when police received a flurry of phone calls about gunshots at Third and C streets. One man was hit with a baseball bat, according to the police blotter.
A dark SUV was seen leaving the neighborhood, and later, at 6:22 p.m., residents at the Tracy Garden Apartments, 2926 N. Tracy Blvd., told police a man had been shot twice in the chest.
Sheneman said that while police are fairly certain the shootings were gang related, they don't have "100 percent proof" of it.
According to what was heard over the police scanner, police were told that a 26-year-old man was shot twice in the chest at the apartment complex, and officers rushed there to find out what happened. He was eventually taken to a hospital with serious wounds. His condition was unclear.
But witnesses at the apartment said three men with bandanas over their faces walked up to the man and shot him. Sheneman said today that they were wearing black bandanas. They took off in a dark SUV, witnesses said.
As police interviewed witnesses at the apartment complex, police received a report at 6:44 p.m. of gunfire, this time on the 1800 block of Foxtail Way in west Tracy.
Witnesses said someone shot through the window of a dark SUV, which police scurried to find after the shootings, but so far with no luck.
It's unclear who the suspects are or what the motive was, but it's the second drive-by shooting in Tracy within the month.
On Dec. 4, a gunman in a gold GMC Yukon shot a man twice in the leg who was standing against a fence on Holly Drive, just a half block south of the Grant Line Road intersection. The victim looked to be in his 20s and he was expected to recover from his injuries. Police suspected it was a gang-related shooting.
Sheneman said police aren't sure yet if the shooting on Dec. 4 and Wedneday's events are linked.
Anyone with information regarding these crimes is asked to contact the Tracy Police Department at 831-4552.
Contact a Tracy Press reporter or editor at 835-3030 or tpnews@tracypress.com.
Editor's Note: New information was added to this story Dec. 17.
"Along with the human trash, drop in food - we are civilized of course, along with all the confiscated weapons pulled off the street and all the ammo they can use. Drop in all the seized drugs and let em have a ball."
Experimental utopian penal colony reports problems out on deserted island.
Rising number of inmates receive sustained injuries due to falling TV sets...
BOUT EFFN TIME YOU KEPT YOUR FAT RACIST MOUTH SHUT ABOUT HOW MEXICANS ARE TO BLAME FOR YOUR EMMPTY WALLET. LOL. LOSER.
Innocent until proven guilty yes, but once you're convicted you forfeit your rights - period. You are no longer a member of society as far as I'm concerned. There must be repercussions!
Here's an idea I've had for years, and let me first say, this is for the hardcore felons not people stealing candy bars.
Pick an island out in the middle of the Pacific ocean - we can at least give them decent weather. Build houses, apartments, whatever. Have a weekly flight to the island - but the plane never lands - you push the pieces of s**t out. They'll have parachutes and a crash course on how to use one but for fun, every 4th chute is rigged to not open.
Along with the human trash, drop in food - we are civilized of course, along with all the confiscated weapons pulled off the street and all the ammo they can use. Drop in all the seized drugs and let em have a ball.
Park a couple of Coast Guard cutters off the coast to make sure no one tries to escape, and if so, blow em to bits.
To family members of the miscreants victims, offer the opportunity to do an occassional fly over and drop grenades just to watch the rats run for cover, and if they get a hit, they get an all expense paid weekend in Cabo.
hey how about writing a colum like a huge colum in the tracy press about the crime spike here in tracy. and some of the concerns that we have stated below. i mean we are not feeling too very secure in tracy anymore. we don't want some politically correct lip service from the police chief or posturing saying we are still safer than compaired to _______ city, u.s.a.
TO POLICE maybe we can see some police cars and policeman sweeping the town shaking up the street thugs here and not just hanging out on schulty rd ticketing. start cracking down, anything tht looks like, walks like , smells like a thug. apparently thugs want attention, so go give it to them. we obay the laws. why not grease the squeeky wheels.
I saw in the feed that Idaho is running for council? How will that work if I do...being from Montana and all?! ;-) Ok, I'm a native of California, but I've done half and half!
This morning I found a Raiders cap with the bill flattened (all gangsta style...do they not know how LAME that looks...get a little redneck curl there boys! hehe) on my lawn. I picked it up by my fingertips (never know whose head its been on!) and tossed it, but now I'm thinking...WHY was that on my lawn? was it the neighbors and it fell off and he couldn't find it in the dark? was some loser peering in my windows and got scared off? Was the cap feeling the need to offset the fact that I like the SF Giants? ;-)
So now, in my nice little block...in my nice little house...I get to worry about this.
No more 6 figure salaries for the mucky-mucks. If you can't make it on what REAL people make...then get out of here. This is a COMMUNITY dammit and we do NOT need more tract homes or big box stores. We need neighborhoods and downtowns. Time to attract residents not passersby.
** Cuts to the police department will stop pronto.
** A gang abatement unit will be developed and properly funded. If we have one, it will be enhanced.
** Taxes, if they're raised, will be directed to law enforcement and other vital services.
Merry Christmas to one and all. Let's get someone like me into office who is a lifelong teacher, former sportswriter and loyal Californian. Let's take a stand against these hoodlums once and for all!
Scott Tudehope
** I will also work towards a concealed weapon permit system for private citizens.
** And folks, I'm a Democrat. Imagine if I were a conservative Republican.
Thanks for understanding, and your patience.
Eric Firpo
City Editor
Thanks for understanding, and your patience.
Eric Firpo
City Editor
Contact your SJ supervisor and tell them they need to increase, not decrease DA's and probation. Read this from Leroy Ornellas:
http://tracypress.com/pages/full_story/push?article-His Voice- County cutbacks are an unfortunate necessity &id=5049025-His Voice- County cutbacks are an unfortunate necessity&instance=voice_secondary_stories_left_column
Contact your SJ supervisor and tell them they need to increase, not decrease DA's and probation. Read this from Leroy Ornellas:
http://tracypress.com/pages/full_story/push?article-His Voice- County cutbacks are an unfortunate necessity &id=5049025-His Voice- County cutbacks are an unfortunate necessity&instance=voice_secondary_stories_left_column
What you need to be aware of, and the way you can help, is to let our SJ County Board of Supervisors know that they need to preserve the jobs of those in the District Attorney's office. Read this from our district supervisor, Leroy Ornellas: http://tracypress.com/pages/full_story/push?article-His Voice- County cutbacks are an unfortunate necessity &id=5049025-His Voice- County cutbacks are an unfortunate necessity&instance=voice_secondary_stories_left_column
Law enforcement departments in SJ Co are taking a 12.5% budget cutback. We need to preserve these jobs in order to have the infrastructure to keep bad guys locked up.