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Police make ‘high-risk’ car stop

Costa Mesa police did a “high-risk” car stop on Newport Boulevard

outside the Grant Boys store on Wednesday afternoon hoping to find a

man who had reportedly pointed a gun at another man, officials said.

Officers had their guns drawn as they arrested the man they

suspected had brandished the weapon, Sgt. Zack Hoferitza said.

“He is a former gang member,” he said.

Officers looked in the man’s white Cadillac but did not find a

weapon, Hoferitza said.

He said officers are also trying to locate the victim, who had

called from a cell phone.

“But we lost him because of a bad connection,” he said.

Officers had made the stop based on a vehicle description given by

the victim, Hoferitza said.

-- Deepa Bharath