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Car fire in Thousand Oaks, shots fired in Ventura
Police are looking for the gunman
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Ventura police were looking for a gunman this morning in connection with a 3 a.m. shooting along the 100-block of West Warner Street on the west end of town.
No one was hit by the gunfire, police said.
Police said a resident looked outside after hearing gunfire and saw "the suspect running through the yard."
The resident told police the suspect fled south on Warner Street toward Olive Street.
Investigators said shots were fired at an RV trailer park in the resident's driveway. An unoccupied trailed was hit by bullets, they said.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call 1-800-222-8477.
Oxnard police said a vehicle was carjacked at Ventura Road and Second Street late Saturday afternoon.
Police said a bicycle struck a vehicle broadside as it was making a right turn on to Second Street about 5:30 p.m.
"When the driver and passenger got out to check on the bicyclist, two subjects jumped into the vehicle and drove away," police said.
Police chased the vehicle and arrested the driver, Omar Quintana, 23, on suspicion of carjacking.
Police were unable to find the other person or the bicyclist. The incident remained under investigation Monday morning.
A vehicle was on fire on East Hillcrest Drive underneath the Highway 23 overpass in Thousand Oaks this morning. No further information was available from the Ventura County Fire Department.
Weather
Dense fog is expected along parts of the coast through 10 a.m. this morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Otherwise, it will be cloudy through mid morning and then clearing with a high near 71 this afteron.
Patchy fog again is expected after 10 p.m. with increasing clouds and a low of 47 overnight.
It will be cloudy through mid morning Tuesday, then gradual clearing with a high near 64.
Posted by AnnaWhaat on December 1, 2008 at 7:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well what happened to the guy on the bike? He must have been in on it..........??????
Posted by maurica on December 1, 2008 at 8:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I was thinking the exact same thing! put two in two together, especially if they couldn't find him.
Posted by opns on December 1, 2008 at 8:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Anna, you can surely bet this bike rider was in on it, the little jacka__. Hope this catch him. This could of been me or you.
So now a days, keep driving if a biker broadswipes you?
Posted by opns on December 1, 2008 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
oops, hope they
Posted by Noreen_Patesel on December 1, 2008 at 8:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
isnt there ever any good news?
Posted by opns on December 1, 2008 at 8:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news...
Echoes - know how you feel. Here's one for you. Nice nice story. Kid makes you feel like crying for joy and happiness. Wonderful kid.
Posted by Equitable_Enforcer on December 1, 2008 at 9:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Public records show that Quintana has appeared in Superior Court a total of 23 times since the age of 18. That covers only Ventura County. He is a convicted felon. Law enforcement has done an admirable job of catching him, but the legislature and courts have failed us in that he was on the streets to terrorize yet another person.
Liberal judges are meeting, today I believe, to determine if overcrowding is causing health problems amongst prisoners. In my opinion --- if the judges decide to reduce the prison population by releasing prisoners early, all of those inmates should be released as close as possible to the judge's homes. We must get liberal judges under control so that safety of legal residents takes priority over the health and welfare of prisoners.
Posted by Noreen_Patesel on December 1, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
nice
that IS a good story :D
Posted by Ms_California on December 1, 2008 at 9:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
whoa the bike story sounds like a bait and switch job! NICE ONE!
Posted by Rocket81 on December 1, 2008 at 9:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What happened to the 3 strike law? 3 strikes and you should be dead. Society seems to like trouble.
Posted by nojustice_justus on December 1, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Is it broadsided or sideswiped? Or a combination of the two and VOILA! you get 'broadswiped'.
Now that must be how we got 'ginormous' into Webster's Dictionary...
Posted by opns on December 1, 2008 at 12:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
justice - how about ginormouslyswiped? Maybe we could add this to Websters
Posted by nojustice_justus on December 1, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
..and under origin we can insert from a carjacking in Oxnard, CA?
Posted by opns on December 1, 2008 at 1:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
LOL Yeah,
Origin:
2008; equiv to nard the Big Slamswiper
Posted by nojustice_justus on December 1, 2008 at 1:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
and there are NO alternate pronunciations...
Posted by Arod on December 1, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
crime? say it ain't so.
Posted by nojustice_justus on December 1, 2008 at 2:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
JMNY and A-JAY-Z back on the same day?
Something smells fishy and the moon isn't even full...hmmmm
Posted by Arod on December 1, 2008 at 3:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What's so fishy?
Posted by nojustice_justus on December 1, 2008 at 3:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Just saying is all (tm)
Posted by opns on December 4, 2008 at 5:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Justus - your Jr. haha, omg. I like your new name. (yeah yeah your tm gave it away) Your so funny. what happened to camdad?
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