Ventura Police Department – Incident Press Release
On May 6th at 8:31 PM a citizen was hiking on a trail between two neighborhoods. While the citizen was hiking, he saw a muzzle flash while also hearing a gunshot coming from below where he was hiking. He then heard a ricocheting bullet near him and fled into the adjacent neighborhood while calling 911.
Multiple Ventura PD officers responded and attempted to find the subjects involved in the shooting. They located a vehicle matching the description and contacted the occupants. One of the occupants was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm within the vehicle. That subject, Manuel De La Paz, was also determined to be the subject who fired a gun in the general direction of the hiker and nearby homes.
De La Paz was arrested for 246.3 (A) PC – Negligent Discharge of a Firearm and 25850 (A) PC – Carrying a Loaded Firearm in Public.
De La Paz was recently arrested by Ventura PD on 4/23/21 for Possession of a Short-Barreled Assault Rifle and also has a prior conviction for 21310 PC Carrying a Concealed Dagger.
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Did they throw him in jail for a long time???