Tulare County sheriff’s detectives arrested a wanted felon Thursday afternoon in Terra Bella, authorities said.

Around 3:30 p.m., detectives went to the 400 block of East Terra Bella Avenue in Pixley to contact Julian “Tommy Gunz” Villa, who was wanted on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Investigators said Villa, a documented member of the South Side Pixley gang, had been found with a gun on multiple occasions. Detectives obtained a warrant for his arrest before taking him into custody.

Villa was booked into the South County Jail Facility.

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