After a chase through two counties, a man in Joshua Tree was arrested on suspicion of firing a weapon

A 20-year-old man was arrested Saturday afternoon near Joshua Tree National Park after an 11-hour search that began when he allegedly got out of his vehicle after a police chase, fired a gun and fled the scene.

No law enforcement officers were injured, according to a statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, which assisted Riverside County Sheriff’s Department personnel.

Jonathan Rodriguez was arrested without incident, the statement said, around 2:22 p.m. Saturday at a home on Pueblo Trail in the small community of Joshua Tree, adjacent to the national park.

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As of early Saturday evening, he had not yet been booked into the city’s Morongo Basin Jail, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Mara Rodriguez said via email, adding that information about the suspect’s vehicle and the weapon he allegedly fired was not available.

The arrest ended a manhunt that began when Riverside County Sheriff’s Department officers attempted to stop a vehicle near Camino Idilio and Palm Drive in Desert Hot Springs for a “vehicle code violation,” a department statement said.

Rodriguez allegedly couldn’t stop, so officers pursued him on I-10 westbound from Date Palm to Highway 62 and then to Yucca Trail and Airway Avenue, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office statement.

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San Bernardino County Sheriff’s personnel took over the pursuit and the chase ended on the 60800 block of Mountain View Trail, a scenic stretch of road just outside the northwestern boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. Rodriguez allegedly exited his vehicle, “fired multiple shots from a firearm” and then fled, the San Bernardino County statement said.

According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the investigation into the incident is ongoing. Authorities asked anyone with relevant information to call San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dispatch at (909) 387-8313 or provide information anonymously at (800) 782-7463 www.wetip.com.

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This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.