June 22, 2021 - Merced – Merced Police Department reports on Monday, June 21, 2021 at 11:00 P.M. Officers were called to the Studio 6 motel in the 1200 blk. of V St. for a victim of a gunshot. When officers arrived, they found a 54-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. Officers were able to view surveillance and learned that two subjects dressed in all black shot the victim during a robbery. Witnesses advised that the suspects ran north on V St. in the direction of W. 16th St. The victim was taken to nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

During the investigation it was learned that the suspects ran to a room at the Motel 6 located in the 1400 blk of V St. The suspects were taken into custody without incident. Tyrece Brewer,23, and Curtis Davis,18, both from Fresno were identified as the suspects. The firearm used in the shooting was recovered. Both Brewer and Davis were booked into the MCSO jail for attempted homicide and robbery.Case Number: 21-36658

Merced Police are asking anyone with any information regarding this crime to contact Detective Radke at 209-385-7725 or by email at radkep@cityofmerced.org.

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Source: Merced Police Department