A Prunedale man was arrested last week for allegedly making a false 911 call about a police officer being shot.

Cesar Antonio Zuniga Espinoza, 25, from Prunedale was arrested at a gas station on the 8600-block of Prunedale North Road with the phone deputies say was used to call 911.

According to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched around 1:30 p.m. on Friday to the Prunetree Shopping Center on the 17500-block of Vierra Canyon Road. The caller reported seeing an officer get shot during a fight with another person.

Multiple agencies responded, including the Sheriff’s Office, California Highway Patrol and California State Parks. Law enforcement on the scene searched the area, but couldn’t find any victims. They also confirmed that all deputies and officers were accounted for and uninjured.

According to deputies, around the same time they got a call about a family fight on the 17000-block of Highway 156. One of the family members involved in the quarrel reportedly left on foot.

Less than an hour later, deputies found Espinoza at the gas station, and found that he also had multiple outstanding misdemeanor warrants with a total bail of $10,000. Espinoza was booked into the Monterey County Jail for reporting a false emergency, making a false police report and his other outstanding warrants.