On November 04, 2018, Merced Police Department (MPD) officers responded to the 700 block of U Street for a shots fired call. When officers arrived, they found that a residence in the area had been shot at. As a result of the shooting, one of the residents who was in the home at the time sustained a minor injury.

MPD detectives took the lead in the investigation and they identified David R. Moreno as the shooter. Several hours after the shooting, Moreno was located and arrested in Atwater. When Moreno was arrested, he was found in possession of a firearm. Moreno was booked into Merced County Jail for assault with a deadly weapon and for shooting at an inhabited dwelling.

Merced Police are asking anyone with any information regarding this crime to contact Detective Alicia Gorman at (209) 388-7715