DUI driver arrested after passenger caught shooting from window in Santa Nella, deputy says

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two men were arrested over the weekend after a deputy said one of them was shooting from a moving car while the other was driving the car drunk.
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On Saturday, around 1:20 a.m., Deputy Casas was patrolling the area of Henry Miller, East of I-5 in Santa Nella, when he says he heard several shots being fired.

Soon after, he says he saw a car speeding by.

After pulling the driver over, the deputy said he found several shell casings inside the car, along with a 1911 Rock Island handgun.

The passenger, identified as 20-year-old Ignacio Morales Jr. of Los Banos, was placed under arrest for negligent discharge of a firearm and booked into the Merced County Sheriff’s Office Jail.

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The driver, identified as 21-year-old Jesus Morales Espinoza, also of Los Banos, was arrested for Driving Under the Influence.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Merced County Sheriff’s Office at 209-385-7445; callers may remain anonymous.

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