Man arrested for shooting inside a house, setting fire to car on driveway in Orange

A 27-year-old man was arrested after police said he shot at an Orange house with people inside and later set the car in the home’s driveway on fire.

On Tuesday night, police were called at about 9 p.m. to a home in the 500 block of North Milford Road, said Orange police Sgt. Phil McMullin.

Callers reported hearing multiple shots fired from a car and at least one of them hit the house, McMullin said. No one inside the home was hurt.

The suspect fled in a black sedan before police arrived.

The next night, on Wednesday at about 7:45 p.m., officers were called to the same residence about a car in the driveway on fire. Orange firefighters responded and extinguished the blaze in the car, which was empty at the time, McMullin said

Witnesses reported seeing the same black sedan leaving the scene of the burning car. About 15 minutes later the officers found the suspect’s car near Chapman Avenue and Haster Street in Garden Grove. They tried to stop the car but it fled west on Chapman so Garden Grove and Anaheim police were called to help with the pursuit.

The chase ended when the car hit a center divider on Harbor and Garden Grove boulevards, McMullin said. The driver, Jimmy Salgado of Garden Grove, was arrested. He was booked into jail on suspicion of shooting into an inhabited residence, criminal threats, arson, felony evading and weapons charges.

McMullin said Salgado had some dispute with someone in the residence, but police would not give details about it, citing the ongoing investigation. Apart from the shooting and arson, the suspect had also contacted the victim and made threats.

Jail records show Salgado is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail.