From the Office of the District Attorney
Martinez, California – On December 16th, a Union City woman was arraigned in Contra Costa Superior Court in Martinez on a five-count felony complaint for attempted murder, stalking, child abuse, and criminal threats.
Xiaojie Zhang, 40, entered a plea of not guilty in court for the attempted murder of a John Doe minor in San Ramon.
The minor suffered a non-life-threatening injury after Zhang fired on the boy using a handgun on or about November 23rd.
Zhang is also being charged with one count of stalking another, confidential victim and making criminal threats on or about the same date as the shooting. The charges of attempted murder, stalking, and child abuse come with enhancements for intentionally discharging a firearm to cause great bodily injury, as well as the use of a firearm in commission or attempted commission of the offense.
Zhang waived her right to a preliminary hearing within 10 days of being charged, so a date for the hearing has not been set yet. She remains in custody at the Martinez Detention Facility on a $1,675,000 bond.
ORIGINAL STORY
A 17-year-old San Ramon youth was treated and released from a local hospital Monday after he was shot in the upper shoulder by a woman subsequently arrested at her Union City home the previous day.
The incident came to light at approximately 6:15p.m. Sunday when the teen, bleeding from a wound to his upper shoulder, returned to his home in the 2300 block of Talavera Drive and reported he’d been attacked by “an Asian woman.”
First responders rushed the youth to John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek while police commenced their investigation Sunday night, officers arresting 40-year-old Xiaojie Zhang of Union City at her home Sunday night. Zhang was arrested on a $1 million Ramey Warrant for attempted homicide and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility.
The shooting took place on Talavera Drive, near Bollinger Canyon Elementary School, the victim making his way to his home a short distance away.
Although police stopped short of detailing the relationship between the victim and his assailant, they did acknowledge the two were “known to each other.”
A search of Zhang’s home turned up two firearms, San Ramon police reported in a subsequent press release, though they did not say if the weapon(s) were used in the shooting.
How bizarre