Two people in Calexico turn themselves in following fight near the border
Karina Bazarte
CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – The Calexico Police Department (CPD) says two people turned themselves in Monday following a fight near the border over the weekend.
According to a press release, it happened in the area of E. First Street after 4:30 a.m. Saturday after a caller said multiple people were involved in a fight, with one of them being “armed with a baseball bat.”
CPD says two minutes later, officers arrived where they found a 39-year-old man “suffering from blunt force trauma to the face and bleeding from the head.”
CPD also says the suspects left the area before officers arrived and were not found at the time.
According to CPD, officers conducted an investigation, with them interviewing the victim and witnesses, “collecting surveillance footage and gathering other relevant evidence.”
CPD says officers eventually were able to identify all the suspects involved, and were able to obtain and serve a search warrant at one of the suspect’s homes in Calexico Monday, but the suspect was not found.
However, two of the suspects, according to CPD, turned themselves in, with the primary suspect, a 33-year-old man from Calexico, being arrested and booked into Imperial County Jail on attempted murder charges.
The second suspect, on the other hand, was “interviewed and released, pending further investigation and potential criminal charges,” CPD says.
CPD says they are aware of cellphone footage being shared across social media, and says the footage has been collected and is currently under review for “evidentiary purposes.”
They also say the victim is alive and is currently recovering from his injuries, and that the people in uniform, shown in the video, were Port Security officers, not officers with the department.
The investigation is ongoing, and if anyone has information regarding the case, call CPD at (760) 768-2140 or email police@calexico.ca.gov.