14-year-old boy has become the city's 22nd homicide of the year.

14-year-old boy has become the city's 22nd homicide of the year. Police say the teen was pronounced dead in a hospital after being shot multiple times in the courtyard of an apartment complex Thursday night. The shooting is being investigated as gang-related. Gang violence has plagued the farming community of 150,000 throughout most of the year, with police saying all 22 killings may be linked to gangs. The increase in crime became so bad that last month seven Salinas churches held round-the-clock vigils to pray for peace.