San Diego man accused of trying to run down officer arrested

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• A 22-year-old gang member suspected last week of trying to run down a Chula Vista police officer, who shot at him, has been arrested, authorities said Thursday. Gerardo Rodriguez-Meza /Chula Vista Police Department Gerardo Rodriguez Meza, 22, of Chula Vista, was taken into custody about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at a relative’s apartment in Colton in San Bernardino County where he fled after the Sept. 5 assault, Chula Vista police Lt. Lon Turner said. He is suspected of trying to run down patrol Officer Glenn Gossett after Gossett tried to pull him over about 11:35 p.m. near Third Avenue and G Street, Capt. Gary Wedge said. Meza pulled into an alley where he crashed into a wall, then made a sweeping U-turn and struck Gossett’s car, Wedge said. He then revved the engine and aimed the Nissan Sentra directly at Gossett sped toward him, the captain said. Gossett fired several shots at the vehicle, which was found abandoned about a block away. No one was injured in the incident. Two men and a 15-year-old boy were taken into custody. The men were later released and the teen was taken to Juvenile Hall and charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, Wedge said. Meza is being held on $500,000 bail on charges of attempted murder of a police officer, assault with a deadly weapon, and weapons charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday.