Suspect Convinced By Mom To Surrender To Police After Committing Crime Spree In OC
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SANTA ANA (CBSLA) -- Police have caught the man accused of committing a number of crimes Thursday after he pointed an assault-style rifle at 20 victims at businesses throughout Orange County.
For two hours, Gonzalo Barajas, 22, stormed 10 businesses with his rifle before leading police on a pursuit from Tustin to Santa Ana.
At the urging of Santa Ana detectives, Barajas' mother called her son and told him to turn himself in.
Barajas surrendered to police without a fight and was arrested at around 4 p.m. in Santa Ana.
The 22-year-old is being held in the Santa Ana jail and is facing a slew of charges.
Authorities say his rifle was not loaded and no one was hurt.
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