Police arrested a man suspected of trying to commit a carjacking while armed with a shotgun in Visalia.
Visalia police officers caught Paul Nichols just after 1 a.m. Sunday after a man called and told police Nichols jumped out from behind a street light pole and pointed the shotgun at him.
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The victim hit the gas and called for help.
As officers drove out to that scene, 911 dispatchers got a second call with a victim saying Nichols knocked on the front door of their house, and he was still holding the shotgun.
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Police arrested Nichols peacefully, and they found the shotgun at the front door of that house.