Men Arrested Following Firearm Threats

Sheriff’s deputies arrested four men on South Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas on Saturday night suspected of threatening people with a gun and firing a shot into a moving vehicle in Solana Beach, according to Sgt. Thomas Yancey.

At around 11 p.m., deputies were called to Hernandez Street in Solana Beach for a brandishing-a-firearm report. Residents said four men spray painted gang graffiti on a house, threatened a man and two young children with a gun and shot at a vehicle driven by a local resident, shattering the driver’s window but causing no injuries, according to Yancey.

Witnesses reported that the suspects were driving a black Honda, and deputies in the area on a DUI detail saw a vehicle that matched the description and conducted a high-risk stop on South Coast Highway 101, according to a sheriff’s report. 

Four suspects were identified, arrested and booked into Vista Detention Facility for various charges including weapons violations and conspiracy. The names of the suspects were not released.