South OC Man Charged In Police Stand-Off

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA — A South Orange County man involved in a standoff with the Orange County Sheriff's Department was charged Tuesday with attempted murder.

39-year-old Justin Derek Jennings, of Laguna Niguel, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and faces sentencing enhancements for causing great bodily injury on an elder and inflicting great bodily injury on another victim.

He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of disobeying a court order, according to court records.

Sheriff's deputies were called to the 31000 block of Golden Lantern about 9 p.m. Saturday where a man fired a rifle inside a home during a family dispute, Orange County sheriff's Sgt. Frank Gonzalez said.

Deputies placed the neighborhood on lockdown for a short time after the suspect fired the weapon again after family members got out of the home he was in, Gonzalez said.

Some of the bullets nearly struck deputies outside the house and a sheriff's helicopter, Gonzalez said.

The standoff lasted about 30 minutes, according to Gonzalez.