Occurred on 6/10/12, 5:53 am  Aggravated Assault  4701 Vestal  1206100041

While Officers were conducting their investigation into the drive by at 1714 Islla, the Police Department received a call for a drive by at 4701 Vestal Drive.  The caller reported multiple rounds were heard.  Upon their arrival, Officers found several casings in the roadway.  As the secured the crime scene, Officers heard several gun shots and Officers raced to locate the shooters. 

Call takers advised Officers that two vehicles in the area of Vestal and Garden were shooting at one another.  Officers located the two vehicles at 4701 Vestal and carefully approached the residence.  A man in the process of calling 911 began yelling at Officers that his brother and a friend had been shot.  The man’s 27-year-old brother was found sitting in the bed of a pick-up truck bleeding from his thigh.  Another male, 27, was found in a white Concord attempting to drive himself to the hospital.  He had sustained a gunshot wound to the stomach.  Both men were taken to Spohn Memorial with non-life threatening injuries.

The men told police a black or silver vehicle turned from Garden onto Vestal and began shooting.  They were unable to provide any additional information.  It unknown if the two drive bys were related at this time.  Both drive bys are currently being investigated by the Police Department’s Drive By Response Team.  Anyone with any information on this crime is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS or logon to www.888-TIPS.com.  Your tip will be taken in the strictest confidence and tips leading to the arrest of the suspects pay a cash reward up to $1,000.