A 20-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon close to Joshua Tree Nationwide Park after an 11-hour search that started when he allegedly obtained out of his car following a police chase, fired a weapon and fled the scene.
No regulation enforcement officers had been injured, in line with a press release by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division, which assisted Riverside County Sheriff’s Division personnel.
Jonathan Rodriguez was arrested with out incident, the assertion stated, about 2:22 p.m. Saturday at a house on Pueblo Path within the small group of Joshua Tree, adjoining to the nationwide park.
He had not but been booked into the town’s Morongo Basin Jail as of early Saturday night, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division spokeswoman Mara Rodriguez stated by way of e-mail, including that details about the suspect’s car and the gun he allegedly fired weren’t accessible.
The arrest concluded a manhunt that started when Riverside County Sheriff’s Division deputies tried to cease a car close to Camino Idilio and Palm Drive in Desert Sizzling Springs for “a car code violation,” in line with a press release by the division.
Rodriguez allegedly did not cease, so deputies pursued him onto I-10 headed west from Date Palm onto Freeway 62, after which to Yucca Path and Airway Avenue, in line with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Division assertion.
San Bernardino County sheriff’s personnel took over the pursuit, and the chase ended on the 60800 block of Mountain View Path, a stretch of picturesque street simply exterior the northwest border of Joshua Tree Nationwide Park. Rodriguez allegedly exited his car, “fired a number of rounds from a firearm,” then fled, the San Bernardino County assertion stated.
The investigation into the incident continues, in line with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Division. Authorities requested anybody with related data to name the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dispatch at (909) 387-8313 or anonymously present data at (800) 782-7463 or www.wetip.com.