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Oct 30, 2009 10:01 am US/Pacific

Man Expected To Survive East Palo Alto Shooting

EAST PALO ALTO (CBS 5 / BCN) ―

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Police in East Palo Alto were investigating an early morning shooting that hospitalized one man.

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter system alert reporting five gunshots detected in the 1100 block of Laurel Avenue at around 1 a.m. Police dispatch was called shortly thereafter with a report of a shooting in front of 1144 Laurel Ave., according to the East Palo Alto Police Department.

Arriving officers found one man suffering a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

The victim, East Palo Alto resident Richard Madrid, 26, was treated at the scene by Menlo Park Fire Department medics and taken to a hospital in stable condition. He was expected to survive his injury.

Police have yet to determine a motive for the shooting. Anyone with information that might help the investigation is asked to call East Palo Alto police Detective Matafanua "Nua" Lualemaga at (650) 853-5957, East Palo Alto police dispatch at (650) 321-1112 or the East Palo Alto tip line (650) 853-8477.