A boy shot in chest, is in critical condition

A young boy was critically wounded when he was shot in the chest in a

Huntington Beach intersection Tuesday night, police said.

At 9:55 p.m. Tuesday, police received several reports of gunshots

being fired near the intersection of Newland Street and Tamaru Drive.

Police arrived to find the boy, who is a juvenile, with a gunshot

wound in the chest. He was taken to UC Irvine’s medical center and was in

critical condition on Wednesday.

A witness reported seeing a maroon Cadillac driving westbound on

Warner Avenue after the shooting, police said.

Anyone with further information should contact police at (714)

960-8811.