According to a San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department news release, on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 6:34 p.m., a Central Station patrol deputy was in the 7400 block of Tippecanoe in Highland enroute to Central Detention Center in San Bernardino with an arrestee in the back seat of his patrol unit when the back window was suddenly shot out. The bullet narrowly missed the deputy and the arrestee received minor injuries from broken glass. The deputy was not able to immediately identify who had shot out the window to his patrol car.
Central Station detectives conducted an investigation with the help of the Valley Gang Enforcement team. Several leads led to the identity of the possible shooter(s) and on Saturday, February 6, 2010, the Valley Gang Team served a search warrant at a residence in the 7600 block of Elmwood Court in Highland. During the search, investigators located the weapon, a sawed-off 20 gauge shotgun, used in the assault .
Investigators learned the suspects were angry over a perceived mistreatment by a Sheriff’s Deputy during a previous incident and decided to take their anger out on any Sheriff’s deputy they saw. The deputy who was fired upon was not related to the previous incident and just happened to be driving down the road when the two suspects decided to try to kill him.
Nineteen-year-old Oscar Guevara and a 17-year-old juvenile were taken into custody. Guevara was booked into Central Detention Center and the juvenile was taken to Juvenile Hall in San Bernardino. Both are charged with Attempt Murder of a Peace Officer, Conspiracy and Weapons Violations. Both will also receive gang enhancements for participation in a criminal street gang.
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