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Napa Girl, Man Wounded in Reported Gang Shooting in Vallejo

Police said the girl, 12, and a 20-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening wounds when they were shot by a gunman who shouted a gang slogan, sprayed them with bullets and fled, according to the Times-Herald.

A 12-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man, both from Napa, were shot in the legs Saturday night in an apparent gang-related assault in Vallejo, according to a report in the Times-Herald.

Vallejo police said the two were outside a home on Grant Street around 10 p.m. when a Cadillac drove up and a passenger stepped out, shouted a Sureño gang slogan and sprayed them with bullets before fleeing in the car, the newspaper reports.

The victims were treated at a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening wounds and denied any gang involvement, according to the Times-Herald.

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