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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Porterville flat analyzable had to beryllium evacuated aft a combat broke retired betwixt 2 neighbors Wednesday afternoon.
The statement broke retired astir 3:30 p.m. astatine an flat analyzable successful the 500 Block of North Sunnyside Street.
Police accidental 2 neighbors had been arguing erstwhile 1 of them, identified arsenic 58-year-old Samuel Nicasio Martinez, took retired a pellet gun.
According to officers, Martinez past changeable his neighbor, leaving him with aggregate puncture wounds to his face, arsenic good arsenic dense bleeding from a ample laceration to his arm. He was transported to an country infirmary for treatment.
By the clip officers arrived, Martinez had locked himself wrong his flat and continued to show "irate and erratic" behavior.
During telephone conversations with the Crisis Response Team, constabulary accidental Martinez made threats to harm oregon termination officers. After galore attempts to get him to surrender, SWAT was summoned.
Martinez yet exited his flat aft SWAT injected chemic agents.
Anyone with accusation regarding this probe is encouraged to interaction the Porterville Police Department astatine (559) 782-7400 oregon done their departmental Facebook oregon Instagram page. Those who person accusation whitethorn besides supply it anonymously.
