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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno Police are searching for a antheral officials accidental was progressive successful a location penetration and constabulary pursuit Sunday morning.
Fresno Police officers thought they were responding to an flat connected North Backer Avenue for a burglary conscionable aft 7:20 a.m. Sunday.
Interim Police Chief Mindy Casto says erstwhile officers arrived they realized that wasn't the case.
Casto says idiosyncratic was wrong and it was a location penetration robbery successful progress.
"Suspects were wearing masks, and vests and identified themselves arsenic police," Casto said
Casto says 3 men broke into the flat and tried stealing a ample harmless but near it extracurricular erstwhile constabulary got there.
One of the suspects ran from the flat but she says the different 2 equipped suspects continued driving toward Shaw and Maple avenues onto Fresno State's campus.
"They jumped successful their car to leave. An serviceman was connected foot. They confronted each different successful the parking lot. Shots were fired. Suspect conveyance continues to fly to wherever you find it down maine here, officers deployed a pursuit involution method which disabled the vehicle," Casto said.
One of them attempted to escape.
"The operator jumped retired to run. Shots were fired. A K-9 was deployed and past we recovered the rifle," Casto said.
The driver, present successful custody was taken to the infirmary for surgery. The passenger, who was not injured was besides taken into custody.
But the 3rd fishy has not been found.
"The idiosyncratic is going to beryllium connected the run. Their small transgression radical has been breached up, 2 were successful custody, but we'll perfectly enactment that accusation retired arsenic soon arsenic we get it," Casto said.
Casto says nary officers were changeable but respective were injured during the pursuit erstwhile they deed the suspects' car.
"It's much ailment of pain, chiefly from the collision backmost present down maine erstwhile they deployed the pursuit involution technique," Casto said.
Casto says the robbery was strategic.
"Obviously, immoderate readying went into this. They had the covering that they chose to wear. They knew it didn't look random to this apartment. We conscionable don't cognize why," Casto said.
Casto says it is unclear if determination were immoderate shots fired by the suspects.
The unfortunate wrong the flat is not injured but Casto says some investigations are inactive ongoing.
If anyone has immoderate accusation connected this probe you are asked to interaction the Fresno Police Department astatine 559-621-7000.
