VISALIA, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A wanted felon is in custody after threatening to shoot a gas station employee days earlier.
Officers were called out Friday afternoon to the Circle K on McAuliff near Houston for a man brandishing a firearm at employees.
They say 25-year-old Julian Tavarez pointed the gun at an employee and said he was going to shoot that person following an argument.
Officers obtained a warrant for Tavarez and went to a home on Manzanita near Douglas Sunday afternoon.
That’s where they found Tavarez in the backyard with a firearm.
He initially tried to hide but later surrendered and was arrested by officers.
A loaded ghost gun was also found in the area where he had been hiding.
