Police: Juveniles involved in 3 Patterson shootings; no injuries reported

Patterson police have responded to three separate reports in February of shootings involving two juvenile suspects, Police Chief Garrett Grogan said. No injuries were reported in those shootings.

But vehicles were damaged, and one home was struck, Grogan said. The alleged motive for the shootings is “payback” for an alleged robbery against the juveniles, he said.

One of the two 16-year-old male juvenile suspects was arrested Wednesday morning on a warrant charging him with three counts of attempted first-degree murder. Police hoped to arrest the other juvenile suspect on the same charges soon, Grogan said Thursday morning.

Additional charges may be added as the investigation continues, the chief said.

On Feb. 2, a subject went to a home in the 700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and shot around the home, damaging a vehicle, the chief said.

Then, on Feb. 10, another vehicle was damaged after shots were fired in the 1300 block of 8th Street. Finally, on Feb. 14, subjects were allegedly shooting at someone on Como Street. During that incident, one bullet broke the glass of the front door to a home, Grogan said.

Police were able to get enough information to issue arrest warrants for the two suspects, Grogan said.