[symple_googlemap title=”Man arrested for reportedly pointing gun at passersby in Pasadena” location=” 700 block of South Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, CA” height=”300″ zoom=”13″]
Police arrested a 26-year-old man from Wildomar in Riverside County for reportedly pointing a gun at passersby Sunday in a residential neighborhood in Pasadena.
Officers responded to the 700 block of South Orange Grove Boulevard at about 7 a.m. regarding a report of a man armed with a handgun pointing it at people passing by, said Pasadena police Lt. Mark Goodman.
While searching for the suspect, officers located him hiding in the front yard of a home in the 300 block of Markham Place, where he refused to comply with orders to surrender, Goodman said. The area was immediately contained and area residents were evacuated. “After approximately 30 minutes of negotiating with the suspect, officers were able to safely and appropriately deploy a police canine, which afforded officers an opportunity to take him into custody,” he said.
Jordan Creger, 26, was taken into custody and a search of the area in which Creger was hiding led to the discovery of a loaded gun, police said. He was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and illegal possession of a firearm.
–City News Service