Emergency officials treat a man after he was shot Friday night just before 10pm as he was driving on the 1400 block of Freedom Boulevard.

A man was taken to a trauma center Friday night after he was shot in the head while driving along Freedom Boulevard.

According to radio dispatches, the man was driving north on Freedom when a pickup with several people onboard pulled alongside his Toyota sedan in front of a Valero gas station just before 10pm. At one point, someone in the truck aimed a rifle at the sedan and shot the driver in the head. The pickup driver then sped off. 

Watsonville police shut down all lanes of Freedom Boulevard in the area as Watsonville firefighters and paramedics treated the victim for transport to a hospital as a large crowd of people flocked to the crime scene to watch the drama unfold. As of 11pm no suspects had been found. 

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Tarmo Hannula has been the lead photographer with The Pajaronian newspaper in Watsonville since 1997. More recently Good Times & Press Banner. He also reports on a wide range of topics, including police, fire, environment, schools, the arts and events. A fifth generation Californian, Tarmo was born in the Mother Lode of the Sierra (Columbia) and has lived in Santa Cruz County since the late 1970s. He earned a BA from UC Santa Cruz and has traveled to 33 countries.

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