Suspect arrested; accused of firing gun into crowd at California Busch race
Quote selected text Published March 21st, 2007 in NASCAR News
A man suspected of opening fire on a crowd at California Speedway during NASCAR [Busch Series] races last month was arrested Monday by sheriff’s deputies.
Ramon Luis Caraballos, 30, of San Bernardino was booked into Central Detention Center on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies from the Fontana station responded to a reported shooting at 8:17pm/pt, Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Speedway, 9300 Cherry Ave.
The shooting occurred after a fight between Caraballos and another man. Deputies said Caraballos had been drinking and punched the man in the face. He then pulled out a knife and later got a gun from his car. He fired twice at the man and a crowd behind him, but no one was struck, deputies said.
Investigators identified Caraballos as the suspect Monday and arrested him in San Bernardino. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller did not have any further information on the incident Tuesday evening. He was being held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to the sheriff’s online log. A call to California Speedway on Tuesday was not returned.
source: San Bernardino County Sun
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okay yeah of course it happens in California, that is kind of
funny but it is no shock to me i live in California
wait. a man was accused of firing a gun into a crowd at california speedway? there wasnt a crowd at the california race. lol
I am glad they caught the person,
glad no one was hurt or killed, I thought they had security guards at the tracks to make sure nothingi lleagal can be bought in to the races,? maybe this should be something to think seriously about,
have a great night
God bless
Wow! I was there…and never heard anything about it! That’s really frightening.
Figures some drunk retard brings a gun to a stock car race and it wasn’t even one of them
“darn rednecks” that people seem to associate NASCAR with. LOL!!
Wasn’t it the California Legislator that said that you didn’t want to live beside one of those racefans. Seems like one of his own was the Redneck. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
No he was actually from the state of Washington.
Recent comment from elected representative on a Track in Washington. “These people are not
the kind of people you would want living next door to you,” Seaquist said.
“They’d be the ones with the junky cars in the front yard and would try to
slip around the law.”
Share your thoughts with Larry Seaquist at Seaquist.Larry@leg.wa.gov