Crime & Safety

'Don't Shoot' Pierces the Night

A domestic disturbance has a disturbing tone to it.

Rancho Santa Margarita police investigated a call Sunday evening that sounded as if it could have been pretty bad for those involved.

An informant called the Orange County Sheriff's Department to report a disturbance coming from a Tierra Seguro home, and although the verbal dispute sounded as if it were coming from a driveway, police couldn't find anything.

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The caller reported that he could hear pounding on the walls, as well as a woman screaming and a man who yelled, "Don't shoot, don't shoot!"

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The call was made Sunday, about 7:20 p.m., from Tierra Seguro.


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