Someone called at 4:18 p.m. Thursday to report a man on Swarthout Court “is seeking revenge against Nortenos” and “has been selling guns to Surenos.”

The caller said the man selling guns “just got out of jail for attempted murder,” and the caller believes “there’s about to be an all-out war between the two gangs.”

Police are investigating.

Tracy police responded to 230 calls for service on Thursday. The following is a sample of those reports:

2:47 a.m.: A caller from the 700 block of A Street asked police to keep an eye out for a 35-year-old guy in a silver 2001 Mercedes wearing an Army uniform. The guy was driving around looking for the caller, who said the man has a history of methamphetamine use, has two $50,000 warrants out for his arrest, keeps a baseball bat in the truck of his car and a handgun under the driver’s seat.

6:32 a.m.: A man reported his 1996 Nissan Maxima was stolen from the 200 block of Holly Drive. He said he’d just bought the car from a woman named Sandra in Manteca, but police said he didn’t have papers showing he owns the car.

7:53 a.m.: A caller from the Department of Motor Vehicles, 2785 Auto Plaza Parkway, reported a cat was trapped under the hood of a Toyota Highlander. The cat was impounded.

8:17 a.m.: A man on the 500 block of Arroyo Seco Way reported his 16-year-old runaway son returned home.

8:27 a.m.: A caller said the ex-boyfriend of the caller’s daughter might have stolen a gun fro a neighbor at the Waterstone Apartments, 1951 Middlefield Drive. The guy’s mother refused to let police search his bedroom and common areas of his home.

9:19 a.m.: A caller reported graffiti was spray painted on a concrete wall on the 200 block of Foothill Vista Court.

10:51 a.m.: A caller reported his car was broken into on the 800 block of Amaretto Drive and a $4,000 stereo system was stolen.

12:05 p.m.: A city parks employee found a wallet at El Pescadero Park and turned it in to the records desk at the police department.

12:53 p.m.: A caller reported graffiti on the 800 block of Portola Way.

1:38 p.m.: A motorcycle rider fell off his bike as he hit his brakes after he tried to pass a car near Barbosa Cabinets, 2020 E. Grant Line Road.

1:51 p.m.: Police arrested a man on a warrant, cited and released him after a caller reported her husband had been beating the caller’s 21-year-old daughter and kicking doors on the 100 block of Collins Avenue.

2:19 p.m.: A caller from Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, 1420 N. Tracy Blvd., reported a patients walked out of the hospital with blood on his hands and shirt after he pulled out his IV. He was possibly under the influence of a drug, the caller said, and the man left behind his wallet and some pills.

2:22 p.m.: Police arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of a drug violation at West High School, 1775 W. Lowell Ave.

2:24 p.m.: A caller from the Tracy Convalescent Hospital, 545 W. Beverly Place, reported a disoriented man tried to jump a fence. Police said the guy had trouble breathing and might have had a broken rib, and noted it was the same man who walked out of the hospital a few minutes earlier. He was arrested and taken back to the hospital in a wheelchair.

3:28 p.m.: A caller reported a cleaning crew found a lot of dried blood under a rug in a home that had been vacant for 90 days on the 200 block of Superior Court. The caller said the blood would be analyzed to see if it came from a person or an animal, and if it was human blood, the police would be called again.

3:41 p.m.: A caller reported animal rights protesters were at the West Valley Mall showing a video outside the circus.

5:52 p.m.: A caller reported about six men were smoking drugs behind a garage at Melrose Manor, 2925 Sunset Way.

6:31 p.m.: A caller reported being assaulted by am employee of the circus at the West Valley Mall, 3200 Naglee Road. The caller said she was walking by a man in a “cooking van” near the sidewalk when he threw a bucket of bleach at her. Police made an arrest.

6:46 p.m.: A caller on the 300 block of Buthmann Avenue reported a chicken keeps getting in her backyard and attacking her dog. The chicken flew away, and police said they’d talk to the chicken owner today.

7:53 p.m.: A caller reported receiving several calls from a guy who said he was waiting with a gun for the caller at Sienna Park, 1312 Sienna Park Drive, so he could shoot him. The caller said he’s seen the gun in the past. Police caught up with the suspect but he didn’t have a gun and refused to talk to the cops.

8:46 p.m.: A caller complained a kid was “popping water balloons” all over the first block of the Parkside Court, leaving behind litter that the parents refused to pick up when the caller asked them to. An officer said there was no trash in the court and spoke to the parents 57 minutes later.

9:02 p.m.: Police arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of shoplifting at Save Mart, 2005 N. Tracy Blvd.

This column includes a sample of items as reported in the Tracy Police Department dispatcher’s daily log. Additional information is based on reports from officers and other law enforcement agencies. To report information anonymously about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.