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Man Shot, Girl Injured In Ventura County Attack

Authorities are trying to figure out what led to a shooting on the South Coast which left a man seriously injured, and caused minor injuries to a seven year old girl.

The attacked happened at about 11:30 Wednesday night on Edgewood Way in Oxnard. Officers arriving on the scene found a man who appeared to have fallen, and struck his head. The 56 year old man was conscious, but didn’t know what had happened. When he was taken to a hospital, it was discovered he had been shot in the head by a bullet.

He’s reported to be in stable condition. He had been standing next to a car with a seven year old girl inside. A bullet hit the vehicle, and the girl was cut on the arm. She was treated at the scene. Police are baffled about a motive for the attack.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.