VENTURA : 3 Arrested on Suspicion of Shooting at Officers

Three suspected gang members were arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of firing shots at Ventura police officers, authorities said.

The officers were responding to a complaint about a group of youths standing on a corner in Cabrillo Village about 1:15 a.m. When the patrol car arrived, the youths ran from the area firing at the officers, police said.

While the officers took cover, the suspects jumped into a car and sped away, police said. Another patrol car located the fleeing suspects and stopped their car. The officers searched the car and found a handgun in the passenger side of the car, police said.

Arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon were Edward Zizumbo, 21, and Ivan Flores, 19, both of Ventura. A 16-year-old Ventura boy was also arrested on the charge, police said. No motive was given for the assault.