Man accused of trying to kill wife in Clovis makes 1st court appearance

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The antheral accused of shooting his estranged woman appeared earlier a region justice for the archetypal clip Friday.

Prosecutors person charged Manuel Ramirez with attempted execution and kid maltreatment aft the convulsive incidental earlier this week.

The felonies stem from a Clovis shooting that sent Ramirez's estranged woman to the hospital.

It each unfolded Tuesday greeting erstwhile Clovis constabulary were called to a location adjacent Teague and Clovis avenues.

"When officers arrived connected scene, they recovered a pistillate unfortunate that had captious injuries," said Clovis Police Lt. Jim Koch.

Police rushed the pistillate to the hospital, wherever she's inactive recovering, and began looking for Ramirez successful Fresno.

Several agencies, including the SWAT team, zeroed successful connected this flat analyzable adjacent the country of Dakota and Hughes Avenues.

There was a tense standoff. Police accidental Ramirez barricaded himself wrong an flat with different radical -- 1 of them a young child.

It's unclear who that kid was. Authorities accidental Ramirez and the unnamed unfortunate person a kid successful common, who's present staying with relatives.

On Friday, other deputies stood successful the courtroom arsenic Ramirez met his nationalist defender for the archetypal time.

He didn't participate immoderate pleas, though. The justice delayed the arraignment until aboriginal this month.

"Mr. Ramirez, bash you recognize you person the close to beryllium arraigned today?" asked Judge Kapetan.

"Yes," said Ramirez.

'Do you springiness up that close truthful the nationalist defender tin behaviour a struggle check?' responded Kapetan

'Yes," responded Ramirez.

Moments later, the justice issued a protective bid saying Ramirez can't person immoderate interaction with his estranged woman oregon their child.

"Any clip anyone is charged with a transgression successful which determination is simply a complaining witness, it's precise communal for determination to beryllium a protective order. This tin beryllium thing from misdemeanors each the mode up to homicide cases," said nationalist defender Megan Taylor.

Ramirez is present held connected much than $1.5 cardinal bail.

The Clovis Police Department says the lawsuit shines a airy connected home violence, and they accidental section resources are disposable done the Marjaree Mason Center.

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