Amador County – A child was asleep in a house near the impact of a reported drive-by shooting early Christmas Eve in Ione, but authorities said no injuries were reported.

Ione Police Chief Michael L. Johnson released details of the shooting later that morning, Friday, Dec. 24th. Johnson said said: “Thankfully, no one was injured in the shooting but the family’s 10-year-old child was sleeping on the couch in the front living room just a few feet from the deadly barrage of bullets.”

A report came in shortly after 2 a.m. Christmas Eve saying that several shots had been fired into a family’s residence, in the 300 block of South Sacramento Street in Ione.

Residents on the street were awakened by gunfire, Johnson said, and “when the smoke cleared the victim residence was discovered to be riddled with evidence of a drive by shooting.”

He said “Ione Police Department and assisting agencies arrived on the scene quickly and canvassed the area for the suspects,” spent several hours of processing the scene for evidence, and the investigation continues.

Johnson said he was unable to provide further details of the incident due to the on-going investigation. He said late last week that there were no reportable developments.

The release said Ione Police Department personnel have already developed a viable suspect or suspects, and investigative leads. Johnson “credited Ione Police Officers for their prior proactive filed contacts with suspicious individuals as information that has already proven useful in cultivating leads for this incident.”

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