Shooting leads to three arrests

Chico police say they arrested three people in connection with an alleged shooting Saturday night.

Please say at about 9:19 p.m. on Saturday it had received several reports of a man threatening to shoot people.

Police say the reporting party told dispatch that the man was associated with two other men who had allegedly fired several shots and a Wisconsin St. residence.

Please say that as the subject left the area they reportedly threatened the subject and pointed a firearm at them.

Police say that when officers arrived on the scene they contacted three men leaving the area on foot.

Two of the three allegedly failed to follow the officers’ instructions and continued to try to flee by walking away, police say.

However, police say they were able to take all three subjects into custody without a significant incident and one of them was allegedly in possession of a 9 mm handgun.

Officers identified the subjects as Mario Urzuaavalos, 19, Alan Partida, 23, and Jesus Baez,27.

Chico police said they then brought in the violence suppression unit detectives who assisted with the investigation.

Police allege the detectives were able to identify the men and their activities as gang-related offenses.

Police say all three men were arrested on a variety of charges, including promoting a criminal street gang, assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats, conspiracy, exhibiting a deadly weapon, and a felon in possession of a firearm.

The three men were transported to Butte County jail.