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Person Shot In Minivan On I-680 Freeway Ramp

MARTINEZ (CBS 5) -- Shortly after noon Thursday, California Highway Patrol officers came upon the scene of a person shot inside a minivan on the on-ramp to Interstate Highway 680 northbound from Pacheco Blvd.

The shooting victim was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, but there was no immediate word on the person's condition.

According to police scanner traffic, "the (shooting) suspect fled into the neighborhood below the sound wall."

Alameda County Sheriff's deputies and CHP officers utilized police dogs to search the neighborhood, but the gunman apparently remained at large.

No other details were immediately available.

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