Crime & Safety
Peninsula Shooting Suspect Arrested
The suspect was arrested Thursday in Gilroy, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — A Peninsula man was arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting earlier this week in unincorporated San Mateo County, authorities said.
Jonathan Vega, 23, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of reckless discharge of a firearm and assault with a firearm on a person, among other charges, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
No injuries were reported in connection with the shooting.
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Deputies from the agency’s Coast-Side Patrol Bureau at around 6 p.m. Wednesday responded to the area of Miramontes Point Road and Oleander Way on the report of a shooting, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Investigators determined Vega was the suspect and arrested him in Gilroy, the Sheriff’s Office said.
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Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Detective G. Chong (650) 599-1516/gchong@smcgov.org or Detective R. Deschler (650) 363-4881/rdeschler.
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