Two Alleged Members of Gang Held in Slaying : Thousand Oaks: Police say the bullet that killed Jennifer Jordan was meant for two rivals. It’s the city’s first fatal drive-by shooting.

Two members of a Thousand Oaks gang called the Small Town Hoods were arrested Sunday night on suspicion of murder in the slaying of a 20-year-old mother with a bullet meant for two rival gang members, authorities said.

Scott Kastan, 18, of Westlake Village and Patrick Strickland, 22, of Thousand Oaks were taken into custody between 7 and 8 p.m. following surveillance of several locations by 14 Ventura County sheriff’s deputies, Lt. Tony Ditzhazy said.

Jennifer Jordan was gunned down Friday night in the city’s first fatal drive-by shooting. She was struck in the head by a stray bullet at 9:30 p.m. while standing outside a house on Houston Drive, where members of a gang called the Houston Hoods often congregate.

Ditzhazy said Sunday night that the name of the alleged triggerman was not being released pending further investigation. Ditzhazy also declined to disclose a motive for the shooting or whether a murder weapon had been recovered.

Jordan, the mother of a 15-month-old girl, was attending a birthday party for her boyfriend’s mother when a gunman fired at least four shots in her direction from a passing car.

Authorities said the bullet that struck Jordan was meant for two gang members walking to a nearby car. Jordan was taken to Los Robles Regional Medical Center, where she died shortly after arrival.

Gang activity has been on the rise in Thousand Oaks, with about six gang-related drive-by shootings since 1988. The victims in the previous shootings all suffered minor injuries.

Greg Figueroa, Jordan’s boyfriend, said she had left his mother’s party to have a cigarette. He said he ran outside after hearing gunshots and found Jordan on the ground, breathing but bleeding profusely.

Figueroa, the father of Jordan’s child, said he is friendly with some of the Houston Hoods, but that he does not belong to the gang. On Saturday, in discussing the area gang rivalry, he said, “They hit us. We hit them. It goes back and forth.”

Jordan, who had been going to school to become a nursing assistant, had repeatedly begged her boyfriend to end all association with the gang members, Figueroa said.

When told Sunday night that police had arrested the two suspects, Figueroa said, “I feel a lot better now. Someone has to pay. I was hoping they would make an arrest soon. I didn’t want it to go any longer without them arresting somebody.”

He said he does not know the suspects but had heard of them. “They are just names that pop up.”

He said he didn’t know what happened to provoke the attack. The Houston Hoods had been warring with the Small Town Hoods over territory, he said, but “everything has been quiet lately.”

The Houston Hoods and the Small Town Hoods are two of three gangs in Thousands Oaks identified by police. The third is the TOCAS, which stands for Thousand Oaks California Sur.

Times staff writer Tina Daunt contributed to this story.