Jesse Leal Rodríguez is arrested on suspicion of a deadly weapon attack at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside and on a bond of $ 1200, 000 Dollars
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The authorities arrested this Tuesday a man from 34 Anaheim years for a few series of air gun shootings that has affected drivers and passengers of vehicles circulating on southern highways for weeks California.
As of Tuesday morning and over the past month, more than 91 Airgun or pellet gun shootings in Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties . Most of them took place along the highway 80 , according to the California Highway Patrol ( CHP .
The arrest of Jesse Leal Rodríguez took place during the night of Tuesday after authorities received a series of calls from drivers who reported that they were shooting at your windows in the freeway area 91 on Tyler Street in Riverside, as posted by CHP Wednesday night.
A video from onscene.tv posted by Los Angeles Times shows the time of Rodriguez’s arrest.
Information provided by victims to Riverside Police and CHP helped officers track down Rodríguez and with the suspicious vehicle.
Investigators are still trying to determine if Rodríguez is also the suspect in the other shootings with air guns that have taken place in the last two months.
CHP called him a “person of interest”, but added that “believed to be responsible” for the series of shootings . For the authorities, the incidents were doubly dangerous. For one thing, the air pistol’s own pellets could cause injuries . On the other hand, the reaction of drivers to the shots could cause collisions .
The state agency said in announcing the arrest that the investigation had been the largest priority of three of its divisions.
“It has been a variety of vehicles, locations, colors, hours of the day,” said Dan Olivas, CHP agent. “It’s sporadic,” he added.
Rodriguez was admitted to the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside under suspected assault with a deadly weapon . He remains detained with a bond of $ 731, 000 dollars.
CHP still investigates if the arrested person is the only person behind the series of shootings or if they have to look for more suspects . “The probability that it is more than one person, definitely exists,” Olivas said earlier this week, as published KTLA . The statement from the state agency about the arrest also referred to the possibility that there were “people” (plural) involved.