Update: Second Holiday Shooting At Walmart May Be Gang-Related

Police are investigating a possible gang connection to a shooting that took place Thursday night outside the Walmart on Hesperian Boulevard, leaving a 22-year-old San Leandro man wounded in an incident reminiscent of the shooting that occurred in that same parking lot .

Now as the victim of this latest attack recuperates from a gunshot wound to the leg, police are looking for two suspects, one of them armed with a semi-automatic handgun and driving a gold-colored sedan.

According to a police report, Thursday’s incident began about 10:22 pm when the victim, who had been shopping at Walmart with his family, went out to the parking lot to smoke a cigarette. There, he noticed a man standing by a car being driven by his brother.

Police say as the victim opened the car’s passenger door, he noticed both suspects standing behind the vehicle. The report says the two suspects made a few unknown remarks to the victim and then the one with the handgun shot the victim in the leg.

Police say the bullet passed clear through the victim’s leg, breaking his femur. The victim then got into the car driven by his brother and the two men fled.

The suspects got into their gold-colored sedan and chased the brothers out of the parking lot, but police do not believe the gunman fired at the car.

Police say the incident may be gang-related but offered not other details at this time.

Police described the shooter as a Hispanic male in his 20s, about 5’8 and 170 pounds, wearing a dark t-shirt, black jeans and dark shoes. Police say he is armed with a semi-automatic handgun.

The second suspect is also described as a Hispanic male in his 20s, about 5’6 and 160 pounds, wearing a dark hoodie, dark pants, dark shoes and an Oakland A’s baseball hat.

The victim is described as a 22-year-old white male from San Leandro.

This is the same parking lot where 21-year-old Christopher Murillo of San Lorenzo was shot during an attempted robbery on Nov. 25. Police have in that case. Murillo, who had been out in the parking lot having a cigarette with two cousins when attacked, is recovering.

This actually marks the third shooting in this same parking lot this year. . Police made an arrest in that case.

There have been at least two other shootings in San Leandro this holiday season, one of which took place at a shopping center.

On Sunday, Dec. 18, shots were fired outside the Men’s Warehouse at the Marina Square Shopping Center, but police have located neither victims nor suspects in that incident.

Another shooting, not mall-related, occurred Friday, Dec. 16, on the 2100 block of Marina Boulevard. In that incident an 18-year-old victim was shot in the hand. Police are currently investigating a possible gang connection in that shooting as well.