Authorities received reports of shots fired at about 7:40 p.m. in the 700 block of Cedar Street. Responding officers spoke to a witness in the area, who told them a man fired several shots at a car and then fled. The witness said the suspect ran into a home in the 1400 block of South F Street.
Officers surrounded the home and told its occupants to get out. Two residents exited and told police that a man was in their home. They said they did not know who the man was. When the suspect refused to come out, the SWAT team was called. After a 30-minute standoff, the suspect, identified as Ricardo Garcia, finally got out and was arrested without further incident.
When officers searched the residence, they found a firearm and bullets inside. None of the residents were injured.
Garcia, 24, was booked at the Ventura County Jail for various weapon violations.
If you have any information about this incident, you're urged to contact Detective Cody Collet at (805) 486-6228 or Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
