A man and woman were in custody Tuesday morning suspected of pointing a gun at protesters in Santee.
The protesters were at the intersection of Cuyamaca Street and Mission Gorge Road Monday and told authorities a woman in a black Dodge Ram truck going westbound on Mission Gorge pointed a black gun at them, according to Sgt. Ashley Lewis of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. An approximate time for the incident was not immediately available.
A deputy stopped the truck and detained three people inside, including a young child. A curbside line-up was conducted and the woman was positively identifed as the suspect, Lewis said.
A search of the vehicle turned up a semi-automatic handgun with two loaded magazines. The gun was registered to the man driving the truck. Both adults were arrested on suspicion of child endangerment and exhibiting a firearm, Lewis said.
The status of the child was not disclosed.
The names of the suspects were not immediately available.
