MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 24-year-old man was hospitalized after a shooting in Merced County Friday, the county sheriff's office said. The sheriff's office said that deputies responded to the 300 block of E. Childs Avenue at around 8:40 a.m. When deputies arrived, they found the 24-year- old man with a gunshot wound to his [...] ...read more read less