A 40-year-old man with a history of violent crimes who allegedly fired a handgun at passing vehicles in San Bernardino County was taken into custody after a police-led foot pursuit, authorities announced Tuesday.
Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a report of a man, now identified as Colton resident Edward Metcalfe, firing shots at a passing motorist around 3 a.m. on Nov. 12.
“When officers arrived, the suspect was still standing in the street with a firearm,” Ontario PD said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “As officers began to give verbal commands to the suspect, the suspect retreated to a nearby hotel and discarded the firearm.”
Body-worn camera footage of Ontario Provincial Police arresting Edward Metcalf, 40, on November 12, 2024. (OPD) Shooting suspect seen on surveillance video in Ontario on November 12, 2024. (OPD) Footage from an Ontario police officer’s body-worn camera. On November 12, 2024, a shooting suspect was pursued on foot in Ontario. (OPD) A gun was recovered at the scene after police officers arrested a shooting suspect in Ontario on November 12, 2024. (OPD) Edward Metcalf, 40 years old, resident of Ontario. Colton in this undated photo. (OPD)
Body-worn camera footage released by the department shows officers chasing a 40-year-old man on foot in a hotel parking lot, leaving him on the ground near his vehicle. The gun was recovered.
A 40-year-old man, seen in the video wearing a white shirt and with a bandage on his nose, was taken into custody after a brief standoff and arrested on multiple felonies, authorities said.
Family desperately searching for missing Southern California actress
Metcalfe is currently under post-release community supervision outside of Riverside County, officials added.
Anyone with information about this incident or who may have been a victim of Metcalfe is asked to contact Ontario Provincial Police at 909-986-6711 or Detective Leffler at 909-408-1830.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can call the WeTip hotline at 800-78-CRIME or leave a tip online at www.wetip.com.
