A man was detained and later released at Magic Mountain Parkway and Bouquet Canyon Road Tuesday morning by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies after they received a report of possible shots fired, according to station officials.
Watch Deputy Upchurch said deputies received a call for service at approximately 9:45 a.m. for possible shots fired near Drayton Street and Railroad Avenue.
A man named Tom, a witness at the scene who declined to provide his last name, said he called 9-1-1 after he heard what sounded like three gunshots.
Watch Sgt. Robert Wilkinson said the call for service stated that an informant in the area saw an unknown suspect and unknown victim on camera footage having an altercation when the unknown suspect pulled out a flare gun and began shooting off flares.
When the informant looked around to locate the unknown suspect, he provided deputies a description of a man who was passing by the area that he believed to be the suspect, added Wilkinson.
Multiple units were requested to respond to the intersection of Bouquet Canyon Road and Magic Mountain Parkway after a deputy had located a man based off the description given, according to Wilkinson.
He added the man was detained at gunpoint and was “very cooperative” with deputies while they investigated the scene.
Deputies were able to recover at least two flares at the scene and released the man after the informant said he did not match the unknown suspect in the video, said Wilkinson.
The suspect and victim from the original altercation are outstanding at the time of this story’s publication, added Wilkinson. He said they were not at the scene when deputies arrived.
No injuries were reported from the scene.
Staff Writer Katherine Quezada contributed to this story.
