Cooper Avenue shooting victim identified

The victim of Yuba City's latest street shooting was identified today as 18-year-old Josiah Pacheco.

Pacheco, a Yuba City resident, was walking on Forbes Avenue near Cooper Avenue when shot Wednesday night, apparently from a passing vehicle, said Yuba City Police Department spokeswoman Shawna Pavey.

Pacheco was taken to a hospital, which the Appeal-Democrat is not identifying at the Police Department's request.

A spokesman said hospital officials had decided not to release information on Pacheco's condition.

A gang connection to the shooting "is not being ruled out," said Pavey.

Officers at the scene late Wednesday did not comment. The shooting occured around 10 p.m. and closed a portion of Cooper until well past midnight.

Blood could be seen on a sidewalk on the east side of Cooper Avenue, about a block south of Forbes.

Investigators are still developing information from witnesses, said Pavey.