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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Seven people, including investigators, the coroner and witnesses, took the basal Wednesday greeting successful a Fresno County courtroom during a preliminary proceeding related to the decease of Selma Police Officer Gonzalo Carrasco Jr.
Testimony centered connected the January 2023 shooting that killed Carrasco portion helium was connected duty.
Witnesses described what they saw and heard successful the moments surrounding the shooting, arsenic good arsenic the efforts made to prevention Carrasco's life.
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Detective Matthew Hughes of the Selma Police Department testified that helium responded to a telephone for assistance and arrived to find Carrasco critically injured.
"Carrasco was positioned connected his back, helium had respective injuries," Hughes said.
Hughes told the tribunal that Carrasco was suffering from respective gunshot wounds and was warring for his beingness erstwhile helium arrived.
He testified that helium instantly began lifesaving measures and relayed however Carrasco described the idiosyncratic who changeable him.
"Younger male, Hispanic, wearing acheronian colored hooded sweatshirt with a bulldog tattoo connected the broadside of his face," Hughes said.
Nathaniel Dixon was aboriginal arrested successful transportation with the shooting and has pleaded not guilty. Action News was not allowed to grounds Dixon successful court.
Two of the witnesses who testified were siblings who unrecorded successful the Selma vicinity wherever Carrasco was shot. Both said they recognized Dixon successful court.
Jose Valdez testified that helium saw Dixon walking successful the vicinity and noticed him going into his sister's beforehand yard. Valdez described confronting Dixon soon earlier the shooting.
"I got retired of my house, and I went to the yard, to my sisters and I told him, I don't cognize who you are, you bash not unrecorded present and erstwhile helium noticed I said that, helium turned astir and changeable the officer," Valdez said.
Valdez's sister, Jana Garcia, besides testified, describing the tense moments arsenic she saw Dixon walking toward her.
"At that second, I realized I bash not cognize truthful I yelled to the serviceman that I don't cognize him," Garcia said.
Garcia told the tribunal she witnessed the shooting from her beforehand doorway and instantly reacted.
"I saw it fire, backed up, locked my beforehand doorway and deed the floor," she said.
Three further radical testified during the hearing. At the decision of testimony, the justice ruled that each witnesser was credible if the lawsuit moves guardant to trial.
Dixon is scheduled to instrumentality to tribunal April 2 for a held-to-answer arraignment.
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