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Resident wounded, 3 arrested after gunshots fired near East Palo Alto school

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Source: Palo Alto Online

A man and two teens were arrested after shots were fired early Saturday near an East Palo Alto high school and one person was wounded, police said.A ShotSpotter acoustic gunshot detection system reported weapons fire shortly before 6 a.m. in the 900 block of Garden Street near KIPP Esperanza High School. Two parked vehicles and an occupied residence were struck by gunfire and a 51-year-old East Palo Alto resident suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said on social media.Officers responding to the gunshots saw several vehicles leaving the area, including one that reversed at high speed into a parked vehicle, then struck a police cruiser while making its escape. The vehicle was pursued to the 2100 block of Pulgas Avenue, where it struck multiple parked vehicles and became disabled.

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