Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location: 3400 block of Orange Drive, Nyeland Acres
Date & Time: May 20, 2008, 8:14 p.m.
Unit Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes
Involved Parties, Age
Male Juvenile, 15
Male Juvenile, 16
Deputies responded to the 3400 block of Orange Drive in Nyeland Acres after receiving a call of a shooting at that location. When deputies arrived they discovered two male juveniles had been shot and transported to St. John's Hospital in Oxnard by private vehicle. Both sustained minor, non-life threatening injuries and are expected to survive their wounds.
Sheriff’s investigators learned a dark colored vehicle stopped in the middle of Orange Drive and a suspect exited the car. The suspect used a shotgun to fire two rounds at the victims, who were standing in a residential driveway. The suspect, who was dressed in black, returned to the vehicle which drove away. Investigators are attempting to determine if the shooting was gang related.

Anyone with information concerning this crime is encouraged to call the Sheriff's Major Crimes Bureau at 477-7000.