Glenn County Observer
The Glenn County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release Tuesday afternoon concerning the exchange of gunfire incident that occurred in Hamilton City on Sunday, February 9.
According to the GCSO, on Sunday, February 9, at about 3:57 p.m., the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a report of shots fired involving two vehicles in Hamilton City. The vehicles were described as a silver Ford Explorer and a tan Honda.
Deputies with the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Orland Police Department and the California Highway Patrol responded to the area, arriving at approximately 4:07 p.m.
While checking the area, an Orland police officer located the silver Ford Explorer as described by the reporting party. A high-risk stop (a stop at gunpoint) was conducted on the vehicle and two juvenile males were detained.
Sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene and found a bullet hole on the exterior of the vehicle and a shell casing inside the vehicle.
While conducting the investigation, a second reporting party contacted the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center with information that the Ford Explorer had been parked on Tropetros Lane prior to the enforcement stop. The citizen reported that he or she had confronted one juvenile outside the vehicle.
When the vehicle left the area, the citizen saw the incident on social media. The citizen found a pistol under the bushes where the boy had previously been standing.
A sheriff’s deputy responded to collect the pistol.
The second vehicle (a tan Honda) was not located.
This incident resulted in no injuries. The two teenagers were arrested and transported to the Yuba County Juvenile Hall by Glenn County probation officers.
The children were booked on the following charges:
1203.2 PC – violation of probation;
182 PC – conspiracy;
25850(c)(6) PC – carrying a loaded firearm by someone other than the registered owner;
26100 PC – shooting from a motor vehicle;
245(a)(2) PC – assault with a firearm; and
246.3(a) PC – negligent discharge of a firearm.
This incident is under investigation. Anyone with additional information regarding this incident should contact the Glenn County Sheriff’s Office at 530-934-6431.
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