One Dead, Four Teens Arrested After Gang Fight

San Rafael police officers arrested four teenagers in a Wednesday night gang fight that resulted in

A group of males were seen running with sticks and baseball bats just before 5 p.m. Wednesday near the on B Street, according to police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher.

The males soon left in two cars, one a white Pontiac Grand Am and the other a red Ford Explorer. The driver in the Explorer chased the Grand Am down to Woods Street in Gerstle Park, where they stopped in a cul de sac and began fighting in the street, Rohrbacher said.

Three men in the Explorer were stabbed, one of them was 21-year-old Jeffrie Lee Olmstead from Corte Madera, according to Rohrbacher.

Olmstead told his friends to leave him and went to the doorstep of a nearby residence to ask for help. He collapsed in the front yard of the house and the residents called for paramedics as the other cars fled, Rohrbacher said.

Paramedics rushed Olmstead to Marin General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The two other men were dropped off at the emergency room with minor injuries and were taken into police custody after being treated, according to Rohrbacher.

About 20 minutes after the incident, highway patrol officers stopped the red Ford Explorer on Tamal Vista Boulevard in Corte Madera. The suspect was taken into custody and is being held for questioning, according to Rohrbacher.

Two additional men believed to be involved arrived at the emergency room, without injuries, and were also taken into police custody for questioning, she said.

Shortly after midnight, officers found the unoccupied Grand Am on Front Street in San Rafael. After interviewing several witnesses, detectives arrested Carlos Gutierrez, 18, at his Canal Street home around 2 a.m., according to police.

Gutierrez is a student at l and the other three suspects witnesses identified are juveniles. Two of the boys attend County Community School, while the city of residence and school one 17-year-old attends is not available at this time. The suspects involved are known to have gang connections based on previous contacts, Rohrbacher said.

The suspects are being booked in Marin County Jail on charges of murder and gang enhancement, according to Rohrbacher.

(Correction: Initial information from San Rafael police indicated a 17-year-old suspect was a Novato High School student. Novato school officials late Thursday evening informed patch the juvenile was never a student at the school.)