Local News in Brief : Gunfire Report Probed
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a report that shots were fired from a limousine carrying two off-duty Los Angeles police officers and a doctor on a bar-hopping jaunt through Orange County last month, a CHP spokesman said Thursday.
So far, however, investigators have not been able to determine which if any of the three passengers in the rented limousine may have fired a gun late on the night of July 18, CHP Officer Richard Ferrola said. He declined to identify the doctor or the police officers.
The CHP received “numerous reports” from bystanders and residents in the area that shots may have been fired from a limousine traveling along Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, Ferrola said.
Mark Crevelli, general manager of Executive Limousine of Newport Beach, said his driver was shaken by the incident. The passengers “were out having a good time and decided they wanted to play Roy Rogers and fired some shots,” Crevelli said. “Unfortunately their attitude was: ‘I’m an LAPD officer, and I’m allowed to carry a gun.’ ”
The evening ended with the passengers being taken to their homes in Laguna Beach and Santa Ana, he said.
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