El Paso police Gang Unit investigates East Side shooting that wounded man

Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times
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Police are investigating a shooting that wounded a 30-year-old man early Sunday in East El Paso.

Police said a man was shot in the 10500 block of Isla Mujeres Lane. The small residential street is next to Yarbrough Drive and a block north of Pebble Hills Boulevard.

Patrol officers responding to a shooting call at about 5 a.m. Sunday arrived to find the wounded man, who was taken by ambulance to a hospital, a police spokesman said.

A man was temporarily detained but was not involved, police clarified on Monday. There have been no arrests in the shooting.

Further details on the incident had not been released as an investigation by the police Gang Unit continues.

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