Shooting in San Fernando: Man arrested after five victims injured

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (KABC) – A man was arrested after at least five people were shot and injured in a home in San Fernando, authorities said.

Officers with the San Fernando Police Department responded to a report of multiple gunshot victims at a home on Orange Grove Avenue around 11:20 p.m. Saturday.

When they arrived, they found four victims with gunshot wounds. A fifth victim was later found at a hospital, where police determined he had driven himself.

A 61-year-old man believed to be responsible for the shooting barricaded himself in his home.

During the ensuing standoff, police say Martin Rodriguez fired shots at an LAPD helicopter circling overhead. No one else was injured before he was eventually taken into custody.

Rodriguez was charged with seven counts of attempted murder, one count of criminal threat, one count of shooting at an inhabited dwelling and one count of shooting at an aircraft. He is being held on $9.8 million bail.

The relationship between Rodriguez and the shooting victims is unclear. Further details about what led to the shooting or information about the victims’ conditions were not immediately released.