San Diego police arrested a man yesterday after a rifle round tore into a unit at a Paradise Hills apartment complex, triggering a vehicle pursuit that ended with spike strips and a K‑9 taking the driver into custody. Officers said they recovered a rifle, a high‑capacity drum magazine, ammunition and suspected drugs. No one was reported seriously injured during the incident or the arrest, and police said the suspect initially fled the complex before officers arrived and later refused to get out of his vehicle when it was stopped.
Department Account And Timeline
In a Facebook post, the San Diego Police Department stated that officers responded yesterday after a resident reported hearing a loud pop. Investigators learned a rifle had been fired from an upstairs unit and that the round entered the apartment below. According to the department, the suspect left the complex before officers arrived and was later spotted driving away. Police said their focus shifted quickly to protecting the public from someone they believed was armed and dangerous.
How The Pursuit Ended
Officers located the vehicle and a pursuit followed, with help from a police helicopter overhead, the department wrote. Units deployed spike strips to slow and stop the car. When the driver refused to get out, officers used pepperball rounds, then sent in a K‑9 to bring the suspect into custody without serious injury. Law enforcement later recovered a rifle, a high‑capacity drum magazine, ammunition and suspected drugs, and the suspect was booked into jail on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, according to the San Diego Police Department.
What We Know And What’s Next
Booking is not a finding of guilt. The San Diego County District Attorney will review the evidence and decide whether to file charges and set arraignment dates. For now, the department's Facebook post remains the main public account of what happened, and additional reporting from local news outlets was not available at the time the department shared its update.
