A road rage confrontation near the Las Posas Road off-ramp of northbound Highway 101 in Camarillo ended with two teenagers under arrest and facing charges after deputies say they pointed a black assault rifle at a motorcyclist and then fled the scene. The motorcyclist was evaluated by medical personnel and released without injury, but the case has quickly become a flashpoint touching on ghost guns, teenage suspects, and the very surveillance technology that helped catch them.
According to CBS Los Angeles, 18-year-old Gavyn Ghassedi and an unidentified 17-year-old girl allegedly chased the motorcyclist near the off-ramp and collided with him in a hit-and-run crash. Deputies say Ghassedi tried to intentionally crash into the motorcyclist, and that both teens pointed a black assault rifle at him during the confrontation, per the outlet. The crash itself, involving a black Mercedes sedan, was first detailed by KEYT, which reported that Ventura County deputies responded to the collision on Saturday and that the suspects fled before deputies eventually tracked them down.
License Plate Cameras Track Suspects to Drive-Thru
Automated license plate readers helped deputies track the pair to a Jack in the Box drive-thru in Camarillo, where both teens were arrested without incident, the station's report states. That technology is part of a 25-camera Flock Safety network the city of Camarillo funds through its law enforcement contract with the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, paying roughly $87,250 annually for a system whose ordinary images are retained for one year, according to the Camarillo Acorn.
The arrest lands amid an already heated local debate over that same camera network. Just weeks earlier, in August, Camarillo residents raised privacy and oversight concerns about the Flock ALPR system after an audit found county camera data had been queried more than 364,000 times by out-of-state agencies, with a software bug appearing the most likely explanation, the Acorn reported. The city attorney has noted that Camarillo cannot directly mandate personnel policies for the county's sheriff's deputies, even as residents push for stronger local oversight of a tool now credited with cracking this case.
Charges, Two Ghost Rifles and an Untraceable Pistol
Charges, Two Ghost Rifles and an Untraceable Pistol Deputies say they found two automatic rifle ghost guns and a pistol without a serial number in the teens' vehicle, per CBS Los Angeles. KEYT reported eight violations, while CBS Los Angeles described seven gun-related charges along with assault and conspiracy charges. Ghassedi was booked into the pre-trial detention facility in lieu of a $50,000 bond, while the 17-year-old was sent to the juvenile justice center.
Those charges sit atop a comprehensive state framework built to crack down on untraceable weapons. Under California Assembly Bill 1621, enacted in 2022, state law broadly prohibits the manufacture, sale, transfer, and possession of unserialized firearm precursor parts and completed ghost guns, according to the Giffords Law Center. Separately, under California Penal Code Section 30605, possession of an assault weapon is a wobbler offense that prosecutors can pursue as a misdemeanor or a felony carrying up to three years in county jail, per the Shouse Law Group, which notes prosecutors must show a defendant exercised actual or constructive control over the weapon.
Part of a Statewide and Local Pattern
Ghost guns and untraceable weapons remain part of the broader discussion surrounding gun enforcement. The article also considers how local enforcement actions fit into that discussion.
Camarillo itself has seen repeated ghost gun enforcement actions. In June 2025, a multi-agency search in the city turned up an AR-15 rifle component and an untraceable 9mm handgun, as Hoodline previously reported. The Las Posas Road corridor where Saturday's confrontation began figures in the broader traffic-safety discussion.
Ghassedi's family history and his late grandfather's occupation remain unverified. Key questions remain unresolved, including how the two teenagers obtained automatic assault-style ghost guns and what specific dispute triggered the confrontation on the freeway off-ramp. The 17-year-old was sent to the juvenile justice center.
