Wanted felon arrested after threatening to shoot Visalia gas station employee, police say

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A wanted felon is successful custody aft threatening to sprout a state presumption worker days earlier.

Officers were called retired Friday day to the Circle K connected McAuliff adjacent Houston for a antheral brandishing a firearm astatine employees.

They accidental 25-year-old Julian Tavarez pointed the weapon astatine an worker and said helium was going to sprout that idiosyncratic pursuing an argument.

Officers obtained a warrant for Tavarez and went to a location connected Manzanita adjacent Douglas Sunday afternoon.

That's wherever they recovered Tavarez successful the backyard with a firearm.

He initially tried to fell but aboriginal surrendered and was arrested by officers.

A loaded shade weapon was besides recovered successful the country wherever helium had been hiding.