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A 19-year-old man arrested Wednesday night after a drive-by shooting is believed to be connected to a string of shootings between two rival gangs in North and East Waco over the past two months, Waco police Officer Garen Bynum confirmed Thursday.

Police arrested Christian Norwood, of Waco, on Wednesday after a brief pursuit of a vehicle occupied by three suspects in a shooting near 20th Street and Mitchell Avenue, Bynum said.

An officer patrolling in the area heard gunshots being fired from a car, an arrest affidavit states. The officer tried to pull over a silver Chevy sedan, before the driver fled and crashed into a fence near North 20th Street and McFerrin Avenue.

The driver and a passenger ran from the wrecked car, leaving Norwood trapped in the vehicle, Bynum said. Norwood was removed from the car at gunpoint and arrested. Police alleged he was involved in the shooting Wednesday night and is linked to several other recent shootings that have not injured anyone.

"It is a lot (of calls) and the majority of shots fired calls and those types of calls that we've responded to in the last month-and-a-half to two months are related to this," Bynum said. "It is gang-related and we've been lucky that there hasn't been anyone that has been hit."