Redlands Police arrested an 18-year-old Redlands gang member Wednesday in the shooting of a 20-year-old Colton man at a party early Sunday morning.

Oscar Omar Correa was arrested for attempted murder at a home in the 3600 block of Riverview Drive in Riverside at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27.

Correa, a documented gang member, is suspected of shooting a 20-year-old Colton man during a party in the 900 block of Lawton Street at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 24.

The shooting victim was discovered when officers pulled over a 2004 Mazda on the transition road from Tennessee Street onto the westbound Interstate 10 Sunday morning and discovered the passenger suffering from a gunshot wound.

At about the same time, police were responding to separate calls of a disturbance at a party in the 900 block of Lawton Street and reports of an apparently injured man being driven away in a vehicle nearby. Police determined that the victim was shot during the party.

Further investigation led officers Wednesday evening to the Riverside home where they found and arrested Correa.

Investigators have not determined a motive for the shooting but are looking into the possibility that it was gang-related.

Anyone with further information is asked to contact Officer Mike Merriman or Redlands Police Dispatch at (909) 798-7681.

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