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The Associated Press
MODESTO, Calif. - An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot by a member of a SWAT team during a drug raid at his parents' home.
Alberto Sepulveda, a seventh-grader, was shot in the back Wednesday when an officer accidentally fired his shotgun, said Police Chief Roy Wasden.
David Hawn, a 21-year department veteran and a SWAT team member for more than 18 years, was placed on paid leave pending an investigation.
Wasden would not give any other details of the shooting, which occurred in Modesto, about 75 miles east of San Francisco.
The boy's father, Moises Sepulveda, was arrested and booked on charges of methamphetamine trafficking. The boy's mother and two siblings, ages 8 and 14, were also home during the raid.
The Drug Enforcement Agency said the raid had been part of a nine-month investigation into methamphetamine trafficking and that 14 people had been arrested Wednesday during 14 separate raids. Four others were being sought.
