Hector Joseph "Baca" Chirino, 18, of Orland was arrested Feb. 13 in connection with a drive-by shooting the day before at an East Street home.

Hector Joseph "Baca" Chirino, 18, of Orland was arrested Feb. 13 in connection with a drive-by shooting the day before at an East Street home.Though Orland police recommended attempted murder charges against the alleged gang member, he was released Wednesday after the Glenn County District Attorney's Office concluded there was not enough evidence to charge him.About 10 p.m. Thursday, Chirino was arrested again in Orland after a short car chase by Orland police Officer Kyle Cessna.Cessna reported the vehicle, traveling "at a high rate of speed," failed to yield at a stop sign.Glenn County sheriff's Sgt. Todd James said Chirino was one of four people who jumped out of an unidentified vehicle and ran from police.The others, possibly juveniles, remained at large Friday afternoon, according to sheriff's Sgt. Jim Miranda. He said police do not know why the suspects fled.Chirino was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of resisting police officers, a misdemeanor, and a probation violation. He is being held without bail at the Glenn County Jail; a court date was not available Friday.Chirino was the suspected gunman in a Feb. 12 drive-by shooting in the 500 block of East Street in Orland. The alleged target, a 20-year-old Orland man, was under police protection earlier this week, authorities said.

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