Man shot while walking along road

Tulare County Sheriff’s Department detectives are looking into the shooting of a man while he walked along a road in Terra Bella Saturday afternoon.

Deputies responded to the area just before 4 p.m. regarding a report of a person suffering from a gunshot wound. They learned unknown suspects shot the victim as he walked down the road. The suspects fled in an unknown vehicle and in an unknown direction of travel.

The victim sustained non-life threatening injuries and is being treated at a local hospital.

Anyone with information on the incident can call 733-6218.