A SALINAS MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER FOLLOWING A POLICE CHASE. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE SATURDAY MORNING WHEN POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED ON THE 1100 BLOCK OF CORTEZ STREET. NEAR THE SCENE POLICE SPOTTED A VEHICLE FLEEING THE AREA AND A CHASE ENSUED. THE CHASE ENDED WHEN POLICE CORNERED THE SUSPECT NEAR WILLIAMS ROAD AND EAST MARKET STREET. 30-YEAR-OLD LUIS VALDEZ WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE UNCOVERED A LOADED 9MM HANDGUN.
