One person was killed in a shooting Wednesday evening on Leon Avenue in Modesto, authorities said.
Deputies were dispatched at 6:42 p.m. to a report of a person shot in the 600 block of Leon, according to Sgt. Erich Layton of the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim was taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead, the Sheriff’s Office confirmed. The agency’s Major Crimes Unit responded to the scene and took over the investigation…