1 Victim of El Rio Drive-By Shooting Dies
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A 26-year-old El Rio man who was one victim of a drive-by shooting at his home last weekend has died, authorities said Wednesday.
Salvador Martinez Michel was pronounced dead late Tuesday at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, police said.
He had suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen and thigh.
Michel and his neighbor, Fernando Candido, 28, were inside Michel’s garage in the 300 block of Will Avenue when shots were fired into the garage from a passing car about 4 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Candido is expected to recover from gunshot wounds to the thigh, shoulder and neck, authorities said.
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