2 hit by stray bullets during Visalia shooting

Both men are expected to survive their injuries.

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Sunday, October 17, 2021
2 hit by stray bullets during Visalia shooting
Visalia police are investigating a shooting that sent two innocent bystanders to the hospital.

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Visalia police are investigating a shooting that sent two men to the hospital.

Officers say both of those victims were innocent bystanders.

Gunfire broke out near the intersection of Locust and Main Streets just before 11 o clock on Friday night.

Police arrived to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg.

Just minutes later, another man who was at the same scene drove himself to the hospital with a bullet wound to his foot.

Detectives say both of these victims were unintended targets from a nearby shooting.

Both men are expected to survive their injuries.