A man wanted in a carjacking, an armed robbery in Encinitas and a shooting in Mission Hills was taken into custody along Interstate 5 near La Jolla, police confirmed Tuesday.
The wild crime spree began around 2:30 a.m. when residents on Ibis Street told police they heard shots fired.
San Diego Police arrived and found a parked white BMW with nine bullet holes in the windshield and a black pickup truck with five bullet holes.
At the same time, SDPD dispatchers spoke with a woman who told them her husband woke her threatening to shoot up the neighborhood. She told police that she did not know what set him off and that everything was normal before she went to bed.
Officers identified the shooting suspect as a man armed with a shotgun and a handgun and driving a 2005 Honda Civic.
"He just went off and shot up two cars but apparently had the presence of mind not to shoot the houses," said car owner Norman Starr. "I mean it's a little spooky having a gun go off but we live in a country where this does happen."
The Civic was found on Genesee near Science Center Drive. A shotgun was found in the street, police said.
The driver allegedly carjacked a box truck, police said.
Just before 6 a.m., a traffic stop involving a box truck on southbound Interstate 5 at Garnet Avenue ended with the arrest of the person believed responsible.
Officers have identified the man in custody as Jonathan Sheddy. Investigators say he may have been responsible shooting out a window at Saint Vincent de Paul School on Ibis Street and an armed robbery at a gas station in Encinitas.
No one was injured.
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