SAN BERNARDINO – Police are still sorting out a mass shooting that occurred late Tuesday night, arresting one suspect on Wednesday while a third victim died from gunshot wounds.
Rival gangs clashed, said police, at the Stingers Night Club and at a nearby gas station, gunfire erupting at a spot where an estimated 150 to 200 people were leaving the club when the shooting took place. “This event is tragic and disturbing,” said Sgt. Carl Williams, who reported the total of eight killings in the city so far in 2015. That changed to nine when Teron Reed, 33, died from injuries suffered in the shooting.
Earlier, Petetrial Michael Scott and Jerry Jamale Jackson both died at the scene where the shooting took place. Another man remains in critical condition, according to reports. Vincent Malone, 30, of San Bernardino was arrested after an around the clock investigation, said Williams. He was reported to have shot Reed. There are, however, other suspects. Said Williams: “We are asking the community to help identify the suspects of this crime. When the shooting took place, there were 150-200 people exiting … many of which were witnesses to the shootings.”
Williams said police are investigating a white, four-door sedan that had been present at both shooting sites. “It is unclear if the vehicle was occupied by suspects or victims,” he said. Officers had been dispatched to the club in reference to various disturbances that had been reported.
Witnesses told police that suspects were gang members, and were denied access to the bar because they were possible rivals of subjects that were already inside. “When denied entry,” said Williams, “these subjects continued to loiter in the parking lot” – and the police were called. When officers arrived, asking the subjects to leave, “they complied with the officer’s request,” said Williams.
At closing time, club security began requesting bar patrons to leave. As the crowd moved to the parking lot, “security realized the uncooperative subjects from earlier had returned.” Police were summoned again at 1:36 a.m., requesting extra patrol. As officers were en route, reports of gunfire came at 1:47 a.m., both at Stingers and at the nearby ARCO AM/PM market.
There were seven reported victims between the two shooting scenes, including the two earlier reported deaths and, ultimately, Reed, who died at 5:05 a.m. on March 5. Malone, the suspect in Reed’s death, was being held at San Bernardino County Jail.
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