CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) – Multiple people were detained early Monday morning after reports of what sounded like automatic weapons fire in east Chula Vista.
At around 2 a.m., Chula Vista Police were called to an area near state Route 125 and Birch Road due to reports of gunfire.
A San Diego County Sheriff’s Department helicopter helped CVPD with a search of the area and found a black Jeep and white Chevy pickup truck with several people firing rifles in an off-road area near Hard Rock Road.
Sheriff’s deputies said the two vehicles left the scene and then split up, with one driving into San Diego and the other traveling north towards Spring Valley.
With assistance from San Diego Police, deputies and Chula Vista Police stopped both vehicles.
According to Chula Vista Police, the 25-year-old male driver -- a San Diego resident -- was arrested “for multiple firearm related charges including carrying a concealed stolen firearm, assault weapon, machine gun, and large capacity magazine.”
CVPD officials stated the arrestee had a misdemeanor warrant and was in possession of methamphetamine while he was armed.
The person from the other vehicle, identified as a 21-year-old Chula Vista woman, “was cited and released for unlawful transportation of a firearm and discharging a firearm in city limits,” CVPD officials said, adding both citations were misdemeanors.
