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80-year-old man found wounded in backyard of home on South Coast

Detectives are investigating the shooting of an 80-year-old man in Oxnard.
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Detectives are investigating the shooting of an 80-year-old man in Oxnard.

Detectives trying to figure out what led to Oxnard attack.

Detectives are trying to figure out what led to the mysterious shooting of an 80-year-old man on the South Coat.

Paramedics were called to the 700 Block Of Cooper Road at around 4 a.m. Monday by reports of a fall victim in the backyard in a home. The man was taken to a hospital, where it was discovered he had a gunshot wound.

The hospital staff called Oxnard police. Detectives went back to the home, and discovered evidence showing a crime had occurred.

The man is reported to be in critical condition. There’s no word on what led to the shooting.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.