Drive-by shooting sends four to the hospital

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November 13, 2008 - 4:26 PM

The Monitor

LOPEZVILLE -- Sheriff's deputies continue to investigate a drive-by shooting here that sent four people -- including three teenagers -- to the hospital with minor injuries.

Four people -- all boys and men aged 14, 16, 17 and 28 -- were hit with shotgun fire that came from a green Kia four-door car shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, said Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño.

The victims told deputies that the gunfire came from a passenger riding inside the vehicle.

Because the victims were hit with bird loads -- shotgun shells that fire a wide spray of fine lead powder -- their injuries were relatively minor and they have already been released from the hospital, Treviño said.

No suspects have been named in the deputies investigation, the sheriff said.

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