A Linda Vista home invasion escalated Friday into a shooting that wounded a pedestrian who had the bad luck to be passing by.
The gunfire in the 2200 block of Crandall Drive erupted about 9:30 a.m., according to police.
Patrol officers arrived to find a 70-year-old man suffering from a bullet wound to the arm, Sgt. Ray Battrick said. Medics took the victim, who was expected to survive, to a hospital.
A man who lives in the area told investigators an acquaintance pulled a gun on him and tried to rob him inside his home, Battrick said. The would-be thief fired the gun inside the house, then chased the resident outside and shot at him again, wounding the pedestrian.
The alleged assailant’s name was not immediately available.
–City News Service
