Two Men Arrested After Shot Allegedly Fired During Fight

A South San Francisco man was arrested after his friend allegedly fired a gun into the air during a fight outside a nightclub on San Francisco's Polk Street early this morning, a police spokesman said.

Frederick Ortanez, 30, of Daly City, and Donnie Rodriguez, 29, of South San Francisco, were taken into custody after officers responded around 1:45 a.m. to a report of a large fight and possible shooting in the 600 block of Polk Street, police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said.

During the fight, Shyy said, Ortanez allegedly went to a car and grabbed a gun, fired one round into the air and then pointed the weapon at a crowd in the street.

No one was hit by the gunfire.

Witnesses reported seeing two suspects leaving the scene in a white SUV, which was stopped by officers a short time later in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood, police said.

The two people inside the car were identified as the suspects involved in the Polk Street incident, and each was found to have a gun, Shyy said.

Ortanez was booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an inhabited dwelling, possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm within city limits, according to Shyy.

Rodriguez was booked on suspicion of possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, Shyy said.

-Bay City News