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Suspect Convinced By Mom To Surrender To Police After Committing Crime Spree In OC

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) -- Police have caught the man accused of committing a number of crimes Thursday after he pointed an assault-style rifle at 20 victims at businesses throughout Orange County.

For two hours, Gonzalo Barajas, 22, stormed 10 businesses with his rifle before leading police on a pursuit from Tustin to Santa Ana.

At the urging of Santa Ana detectives, Barajas' mother called her son and told him to turn himself in.

Barajas surrendered to police without a fight and was arrested at around 4 p.m. in Santa Ana.

The 22-year-old is being held in the Santa Ana jail and is facing a slew of charges.

Authorities say his rifle was not loaded and no one was hurt.

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