On 06/13/2024, detectives with the Sheiff’s Major Crimes Bureau, West County Special Enforcement Unit, Fillmore Bureau of Investigations arrested Nathaniel Marrufo and Juanluis Orozco for assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm.

On 06/11/2024, at approximately 2:07 P.M., the Sheriff’s Communication Center received several 911-calls about shots being heard in the area of the 300-block of 3rd Street and a vehicle speeding away. The Sheriff’s Communication Center received additional calls of an additional shooting in the 300-block of 2nd Street and several subjects running away from the area of the shooting. Deputies from the Fillmore Police Station were dispatched to the 300-block of 3rd Street. The responding patrol deputies located evidence of the two shootings. Detectives with the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau, Fillmore Bureau of Investigations, West County Special Enforcement Unit, and Headquarters Patrol Station Investigations Unit responded to investigate the incident.

For the next couple of days, detectives from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau, Fillmore Bureau of Investigations, and West County Special Enforcement Unit collaborated together and identified the suspects of the shooting as Nathaniel Marrufo and Juanluis Orozco.

On 06/13/2024, detectives from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau, Fillmore Bureau of Investigations, and West County Special Enforcement Unit located Marrufo and Orozco in the 1200-block of Mountain View Avenue in the city of Oxnard and arrested them for the shooting. Search warrants were executed at their residences, located along the 900-block of “B” Street in Fillmore and 300-block of 3rd Street in Fillmore, yielding additional evidence linking the suspects to the shootings.
Marrufo and Orozco were booked at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility for violation of Penal Code section 245(a)(2)-Assault with a Firearm, Penal Code Section 246.3(a)-Negligent Discharge of a Firearm, Penal Code section 136.1(b)(1)-Dissuading a Witness from Reporting a Crime, and Penal Code section 148.3(b)-Falsely Reporting an Emergency.
The investigation remains ongoing, with detectives seeking information from witnesses or victims of the shootings. Anyone with information pertaining to this incident is encouraged to contact Detectives Christopher Vorzimer, Nicole Grover or Crime Stoppers at the below listed numbers.

Report Number: 24-71618
Location: 300-block of 2nd Street, Fillmore 300-block of 3rd Street, Fillmore
Date & Time: June 11, 2024 @ 2:07 P.M.
Unit(s) Responsible: Fillmore Patrol Services, Fillmore Bureau of Investigations, Air Unit, West County Special Enforcement Unit, Crime Scene Investigations Unit, Crime Analysis Unit, Advanced Real Time Information Center, Unmanned Aerial Systems Unit, Headquarters Patrol Station Investigations Unit, Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau

(S)uspects,(V)ictims,(P)arty,(D)ecedent
(S) Nathaniel Marrufo Fillmore 21
(S) Juanluis Orozco Fillmore 19

Detective Christopher Vorzimer
Christopher.Vorzimer@ventura.org
805-384-4731

Detective Nicole Grover
Nicole.grover@ventura.org
805-384-4722

Prepared by: Francisco Jauregui
Approved by: Captain Victor Medina