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Police are still searching for a suspect after a 47-year-old San Mateo resident was shot on Thursday, Oct. 15, in Menlo Park while getting out of his car to exchange information following a collision, Menlo Park police said on Oct. 16.
Officers responded to the shooting near Bay and Hedge roads around 8:39 p.m. after the shooter fled in an unknown direction, police said. Police described the vehicle as a small white car, which has yet to be located.
Police spokesperson Nicole Acker said the department had no update as of Wednesday, Oct. 21.
The victim was taken to a hospital with injuries that were considered non-life-threatening. Three children, ranging in age between 8 and 14, were also in the car. None of them were injured, according to the Menlo Park Police Department.
Acker said on Oct. 21 that the victim had been released from the hospital.
The investigation is ongoing and officials ask anyone with information to contact Detective Marcial Barron-Villa at MBarron-Villa@menlopark.gov or call 650-847-7438.
Editor’s Note: This story was updated on Oct. 21 with additional information from police.
Someone gets shot in Menlo Park in front of three kids and there’s no follow up? We lived in Philadelphia for seven years and there would have been more reporting on this. Aren’t there plate reading cameras on Bay?