City employee attacked while at work remains in critical condition

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A shocking onslaught successful wide daylight has near a Fresno household waiting for answers and updates.

The unfortunate of this crime, which was caught connected camera, has been identified arsenic Tim Smith

The 56-year-old is seen present successful a photograph from a GoFundMe donation page.

He's an electrician who has worked for the metropolis for 20 years.

Mayor Jerry Dyer describes Smith arsenic a dedicated worker who came successful to assistance connected his mean time disconnected connected Friday.

Smith was moving unsocial connected an electrical container successful Chinatown erstwhile helium was brutally attacked, leaving him successful captious condition.

"In this case, you would expect that this employee, if they were injured, it would've been from performing their duties, being astir electricity, not from being attacked from down by an idiosyncratic who, for immoderate reason, did what helium did," said Mayor Jerry Dyer, Fresno.

Mayor Dyer said dozens of household members rushed to Smith's bedside astatine Community Regional Medical Center and stayed with him passim the weekend.

"The bully quality is, is the doc said that the archetypal 24 hours is the astir critical, and helium has survived that archetypal 24 hours. In fact, the archetypal 48 hours," said Dyer.

Fresno Police said it was 30-year-old Dyllan Padavona who walked up down Smith, unprovoked, and deed him successful the caput with an entity adjacent Kern and G Streets.

Authorities confirmed the fishy besides utilized the past sanction of Hopkins.

A inactive representation from surveillance video was released soon aft the attack.

Hours later, constabulary arrested the fishy little than a mile distant adjacent Santa Clara and Van Ness.

"Our squad was out, they had seen the photograph and were somewhat acquainted with him and knew what country to look for him and were capable to find him retired successful nationalist conscionable a abbreviated clip aft initiating their search," said Chief Mindy Casto, Fresno Police Department.

The District Attorney expected to person investigative reports connected Tuesday. That's erstwhile she said she'd merchandise a connection connected charges.

"When we get the lawsuit in, we volition reappraisal it, and I judge they volition beryllium submitting charges for, requesting charges for attempted murder, and truthful if we tin conscionable that modular and we tin record those charges, we decidedly volition bash that," said Lisa Smittcamp, Fresno County District Attorney.

The fishy is simply a acquainted fig to some prosecutors and police.

Action News uncovered helium has a lengthy transgression history, including misdemeanor and felony offenses, respective of which person unfastened and progressive warrants, according to tribunal records.

The politician said it's not uncommon for metropolis employees to enactment alone, but this onslaught has him rethinking the policy. However, he's not definite if having different worker astir would've prevented the attack.

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