10-year-old boy critically wounded in Royal City

Published 7:36 am Tuesday, June 1, 2010

SPOKANE — A 10-year-old boy who was shot in the head in a gang shooting in Royal City is reported in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.

The Grant County sheriff’s office says the boy was sleeping in a trailer early Saturday when someone fired up to 15 shots into the home, trying to hit someone else in the family.

KXLY-TV reports deputies are looking for the shooter and trying to head off more gang violence.

Undersheriff John Turley says gang graffiti was sprayed in the neighborhood — the number 187, which is California penal code for homicide — written in a gang color and considered a threat to another gang.

Information from: KXLY-TV, www.kxly.com/