The California Highway Patrol eventually spotted his vehicle on Interstate 15 near Afton Road, and a police pursuit ensued, totaling about 18 miles, according to Orejel. Chaidez was eventually stopped by police off the Harvard Road exit and taken into custody, the sheriff’s department said.

A Las Vegas man suspected of going on a “shooting spree” that began in Blue Diamond was arrested in Barstow, California, authorities said. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said that the spree that began in Blue Diamond, moved to Jean, and then into Baker, California, about 94 miles from Las Vegas.

California authorities said the suspect, 35-year-old Antonio Chaidez of Las Vegas, began his shooting spree in Blue Diamond, Nev. into Jean, Nev. and ultimately all the way to Baker, Calif.