San Mateo police have arrested a man suspected of a shooting at a bar in the city in which one of the bullets grazed the leg of a male victim.
On April 14, at approximately 12:58 a.m., patrol officers with the San Mateo Police Department (SMPD) responded to the unit block of 37th Avenue for a report of a shooting.
Authorities immediately launched an investigation at the scene, and after interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance video, officers learned that a group of three unknown suspects were involved in an altercation with two men inside a bar.
One of the three suspects punched one of the other men in the face. The fight continued outside the bar and one of the suspects retrieved a firearm from a vehicle, who fired one round into the sky and then fired two or three more rounds into the ground, where one of the bullets grazed a 26-year-old male victim who had a minor graze on his ankle, police said.
The three suspects fled the scene in two vehicles prior to SMPD arrival.
Officers continued their investigation and quickly identified the shooter as Diego Perez-Pinzon.
So, during the early hours of this morning on May 3, SMPD arrested Perez-Pinzon without incident near his residence in Redwood City, CA.
Perez-Pinzon was booked into the San Mateo County Jail for assault with a firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm, criminal threats, exhibition of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a parolee and carrying a loaded firearm.
In response to these events, authorities recalled that "If you see something, say something."
«We are encouraging our community to use security cameras. They are especially helpful in identifying suspicious activity in neighborhoods when the cameras face the street. Our officers request surveillance regularly and you can help by notifying SMPD where cameras are located in your neighborhood at the site http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/Nest", they recalled.
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