Crime & Safety

Man in Bayview Shots Fired Incident Arrested on Drug Charges

The former Manhattan Beach resident caused quite a commotion in his neighborhood early one Saturday morning in August, prompting SWAT teams.

The former Manhattan Beach resident whose rental unit was the subject of a police and SWAT waiting game after a report of shots fired at the address in the 3300 block of Bayview Drive early on a Saturday morning in August surrendered to the Manhattan Beach Police Department Tuesday.

Now a Long Beach resident, Jeffrey Paul Henderson, 32, was booked on a felony warrant, which included charges of possession of a controlled substance (Xanax) for sales, possession of methamphetamine for sales and possession of Ketamine (Ecstasy) for sales, said Sgt. Paul Ford.

Henderson's run in with police began around 3:28 a.m., Aug. 10, when the Manhattan Beach Police Department responded to the 3300 block of Bayview Drive regarding a call of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found evidence of a gun having been fired inside the residence. 

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SWAT teams from the Manhattan Beach and El Segundo police departments were requested to respond to the scene, where they waited for several hours until a search warrant was issued. Once issued, officers searched the home, finding a large amount of narcotics and no one inside.

Based on the evidence found inside the home, a felony warrant was issued for Henderson's arrest, said Ford.

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