Gunshots in Canyon Country

Man taken to hospital after scuffle involving shots fired

A man was transported to the hospital after a scuffle that led to shots being fired inside a gated community in Canyon Country Monday.

The person, described by law enforcement only as a Hispanic man, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and his condition remained unknown Monday evening. Multiple witnesses reported the man was involved in the scuffle with two people after the man allegedly rammed a red pickup truck through the gate of the residential community.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies received a call shortly after 2 p.m. about a traffic collision located at the 26700 block of MacMillan Ranch Road near Warm Springs Drive,

Department Homicide Bureau.

“The vehicle then proceeded into the complex and made a right turn to go northbound,” said Calderaro. “Residents had seen the vehicle inside the complex and two individuals — one a retired L.A. County sheriff’s deputy — had approached the vehicle to see what was going on.”

Upon contact, there was a struggle and the driver of the truck “produced a firearm, which resulted in a shooting,” Calderaro said, adding that the man was struck twice in the upper torso.

A number of residents of the gated community said they witnessed the scene, including HOA President Eddie Hansen, who said the retired deputy and his son-inlaw went to find the driver after the crash at the gate.

“So, the guy parked at the end of the street and just sat in his truck, and then one of the other neighbors blocked him in,” said Hansen. “The driver, one neighbor and his father-in-law … started having a scuffle, and the father-in-law says, ‘Watch out; he’s got a gun.’”

Hansen added that the retired deputy shot the driver after the driver reached for the weapon.

Calderaro confirmed both the driver and the retired deputy each had a firearm. The gun that law enforcement officials recovered from the scene is believed to belong to the driver.

Detectives do not believe the driver is a resident of the gated community and were still working to find out how he was linked to the area.

“We don’t know what type of business he had coming to this location,” said Calderaro.

Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Henry

Narvaez confirmed the driver was taken to the hospital.

Through the afternoon and into Monday evening, Sheriff’s Station officials set up a temporary containment of the area to conduct their investigation and advised the public to avoid the scene.

Bobby Block/ The Signal (Above) SCV Sheriff’s Station deputies respond to reports of a gunshot wound incident in the gated MacMillan Ranch neighborhood of Sand Canyon on Monday afternoon. (Below) A man who allegedly crashed through the community’s gate is loaded into an ambulance after reportedly being shot twice.

Bobby Block/ The Signal (Above left) Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies interview the retired deputy who they believe shot a man reaching for a gun during an altercation near his Sand Canyon home Monday. (Above right) Deputies interview a MacMillan Ranch resident who reportedly witnessed the shooting. (Below) Crime scene tape can be seen strung across the entrance to the gated MacMillan Ranch community.