Crime

Officers checking gunfire say suspect had stolen shotgun

Santana Castillo was arrested after police reported finding a stolen double barreled shotgun.
Santana Castillo was arrested after police reported finding a stolen double barreled shotgun. Fresno Police Department

A Bulldog gang member armed with a stolen shotgun was arrested Sunday in central Fresno after officers went to East Belmont and North Van Ness Avenue to check a report of gunfire, police reported.

Taken into custody was Santana Castillo, 19.

A police spokesman said Castillo was standing near a parked car in a carport when officers contacted him and the double barreled shotgun was spotted inside the vehicle. The weapon had been stolen from a home in the 700 block of East Weldon Avenue.

Castillo was booked on multiple charges.

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Jim Guy
The Fresno Bee
A native of Colorado, Jim Guy studied political science, Latin American politics and Spanish literature at Fresno State University, and advanced Spanish grammar in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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