A 32-year-old Laguna Hills man was charged Thursday with shooting a security guard in Laguna Hills.
Matthew Luke Pickens was charged with attempted murder with sentencing enhancements for attempted premeditated murder, discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury and inflicting great bodily injury on the victim. Pickens’ planned arraignment Thursday in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana was rescheduled for Oct. 27 in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.
Deputies were dispatched about 11 a.m. Tuesday to Bridlewood Drive and Saddle Rock Place regarding the shooting, Sgt. Mike Woodroof of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said. Deputies arrested the suspect in the neighborhood a short time later, according to Woodroof.
A witness to the shooting dialed 911.
The victim was a security guard, but it was unknown if he worked in the area. The victim was in a car that clearly showed the name of the security company on it, Woodroof said.
Sheriff’s investigators seized multiple weapons in Pickens’ residence and vehicle, authorities said.