The Sacramento Police Department is reporting that its gang detectives thwarted a potential drive-by shooting Wednesday afternoon when they pulled over a car containing two validated gang members and multiple weapons, including an assault rifle.
The detectives were in a known gang area in south Sacramento at about 3 p.m., when they observed members of a rival gang driving in the area, said Sacramento police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong. Detectives determined the driver was acting suspicious and pulled the vehicle over in the area of Florin Road and Franklin Boulevard.
Detectives found that the driver of the vehicle was sitting on a loaded gun, and they located an assault rifle hidden near some stereo speakers in the vehicle, Leong said.
"It is believed based on the investigation that both validated gang members in the car were in fact preparing to do a drive-by shooting of rival gang members," he said.
One occupant of the vehicle was a victim of a drive-by shooting several months ago and is believed to have shot at the suspects at that time, Leong said.
The two occupants, one 18-year-old male and another male in his early 20s, were arrested and will likely face gun charges, Leong said.
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