Oxnard police investigate two shootings that leave one person dead

Police were investigating two shootings Monday night in Oxnard that left one man dead and another in critical condition. The shootings occurred about 8:50 p.m. about 250 feet apart in the 2500 block of Greenbrook Drive and the 1800 block of O'Neill Place, Oxnard police said. Authorities think the same shooters were involved in both incidents. Police responded to reports of gunshots and found Oxnard resident Jose Gonzales, 19, dead and a 22-year-old man with gunshot wounds to his body, authorities said. The 22-year-old was taken to a hospital for emergency surgery, police said. He was in critical condition Tuesday. An autopsy found Gonzales died of a gunshot wound to the head, said Shasta Gereau, a senior deputy Ventura County medical examiner. Police suspect several people attacked the victims. No arrests had been made yet. Investigators think the incident was gang-related and police were trying to discover who had gang ties and what the motive was, authorities said. Anyone with information may call Oxnard police at 385-7650 or Detective Roger Garcia at 385-7688. Those wishing to stay anonymous may call the violent crimes hotline at 983-7070. The killing was Oxnard's fifth homicide this year and the third in two months. Two men were killed in separate incidents in June. The latest homicide occurred a day after Oxnard police and the Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced that 81 names had been removed from court-ordered injunctions designed to help Oxnard fight gangs. The people no longer were considered to be members of the Colonia Chiques or Southside Chiques because they had not been in contact with police. They could have gone to prison, moved away, died or ended their involvement in gang activity, authorities said.