Man shot in attempted Xbox robbery

STOCKTON -- A man believed to be a University of the Pacific student was shot in the arm early Tuesday during a botched residential robbery that targeted an expensive video-game console and video games.

Three men -- two 19-year-olds and a 20-year-old -- were playing Xbox games at 5:15 a.m. when three masked men, one armed with a 9mm handgun, walked into their home in the 900 block of West Mendocino Avenue, police and neighbors said. The masked men demanded money and video games and tried to take the console.

One of the 19-year-olds grabbed the robber's gun, which fired several times during the struggle. A bullet struck the 19-year-old in his left biceps and hit one of the robbers in the groin, police said. The victim wrestled away the handgun, and the three robbers fled in a white, two-door Honda Accord.

Police later arrested Eric Hunley Jr., 22, of Fresno at Dameron Hospital, where he underwent surgery for his wound. No other arrests had been made as of Tuesday evening.

Neighbors said five or six Pacific students live at the house across the street from the campus. Neighbors suspected someone had seen the video-game equipment during one of the frequent parties at the house.

The incident was the first major crime Doris Scott, 84, could remember in the 15 years she has lived in the neighborhood.

"As far as I know, there have been no problems," she said.