Mountain View Police Investigate Shots Fired

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Mountain View police asked for the public’s help Tuesday in identifying a man who fired shots in downtown Mountain View early Sunday morning. Police say no injuries were reported in the shooting, which happened at about 2:10 a.m. in the area of Villa and Bryant streets.

Mountain View officers were initially dispatched to Villa and Castro streets to investigate a report about a fight in progress. While at the scene, officers heard several gunshots fired nearby and were told by witnesses that a man had fired a gun into the air before driving off in a burgundy-colored Toyota Tundra pickup truck.

Officers recovered casings from the scene; however, Mountain police were unclear whether the shots fired were related to the initial call about a fight, because when officers first arrived they did not encounter anyone who appeared to be involved in any sort of altercation.

Witnesses told police the man they saw firing the gun drove southbound on Bryant Street. He was described as a Latino man in his 20s who was about 6 feet tall with a slim build, a trimmed beard and slick black hair.

An investigation was continuing Tuesday into the incident; anyone with pertinent information or who may have seen the vehicle or the suspect was asked to call Mountain View police Detective Dan Garcia at 650-903-6624 and reference case no. 17-07944.

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