NEWS RELEASE —
DATE: August 23, 2024
SUBJECT: Shooting Victim
LOCATIONS: 500 block Cuesta Del Mar Drive, Oxnard Rose Avenue & Emerson Avenue, Oxnard
VICTIM: 17-Year-Old Female, Oxnard Resident CONTACT: Detective Randall Gonzales
(805) 288-3289 | randall.gonzales@oxnardpd.org
On August 22, 2024, at approximately 9:12 PM, Officers from the Oxnard Police Department responded to multiple reports of shots heard in the 500 block of Cuesta Del Mar Drive in Oxnard. Minutes later, the Oxnard Police Department received several calls of a single-vehicle injury traffic collision at Rose Avenue and Emerson Avenue. The callers stated that one of the occupants in the vehicle had been shot.
Officers arrived at the scene of the traffic collision and located a 17-year-old female suffering from a single gunshot wound to the neck. She was transported to an area hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery. She is listed in stable condition. There were two additional occupants in the vehicle who were uninjured.
Witness statements and evidence at both scenes indicate that the shooting victim was driving in the 500 block of Cuesta Del Mar Drive with two passengers when an unknown suspect fired several shots at the vehicle, and the victim was struck by gunfire. The victims fled the area in an attempt to transport the shooting victim to the hospital when they were involved in a traffic collision.
Investigators from the Oxnard Police Department Violent Crimes Unit assumed responsibility for the investigation. The investigation is ongoing, and no further information is available at this time. If you have any information regarding this case, please contact Detective Randall Gonzales at 805-288-3289 or by email at randall.gonzales@oxnardpd.org.
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