Authorities Search For 18-Year-Old Accused Of Firing Rifle In San Diego County

POWAY, CA — Authorities Thursday were continuing to search for an 18-year-old suspected of various weapons violations in San Diego County.

Officials received multiple calls shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday about a man shooting a rifle in an open field near Hidden Valley Drive and Birch Lane in Poway, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Office. Deputies contacted Cameron Johnson who was dressed in military-style fatigues. They also found an unserialized rifle in the nearby brush.

Johnson ran from deputies into an area with dense vegetation, according to the sheriff's office. Despite an hours-long search involving deputies, a sheriff's helicopter and sheriff's K-9s, Johnson was not found.

"At this time, there is no evidence to suggest Johnson is a threat to the community," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "There is also no information to suggest that he is still armed."

Anyone with information about Johnson's whereabouts was asked to call the sheriff's office at 858-868-3200.