Woman injured in Point Arena shooting

<p>Mendocino County authorities were looking Wednesday for a Point Arena man suspected of shooting a woman during a domestic violence incident outside her home early Wednesday morning, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said.</p><p>The woman was shot once in the upper back with a handgun shortly before 1 a.m., apparently as she fled her assailant to seek safety at a neighbor's home, Cal Fire and sheriff's personnel said.</p><p>The suspect, Dane Kraich, 49, was still at large Wednesday. Deputies who searched the area of the shooting soon afterward were unable to locate him, authorities said.</p><p>Initial reports indicated three shots were fired at the victim as she ran from her Buckdridge Road home outside the south coast community, Cal Fire Communications Operator Anthony Massucco said.</p><p>She was said to be in and out of consciousness when her neighbor called for help, Massucco said.</p><p>She was reported in stable condition later Wednesday, the sheriff's office said.</p><p>Her name was not released because she is the victim of domestic violence.</p><p>A ground ambulance was staged nearby while sheriff's deputies ensured it was safe for medics to come in, Cal Fire said.</p><p>The victims was then taken to Point Arena High School to rendezvous with a Cal Star air ambulance for transport to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.</p><p>Anyone who may know Kraich's whereabouts or who has information about the shooting is asked to call the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office - anonymously, if that's preferred - at (707) 463-4086 or (707) 467-9159.</p>