Suspect dead after he was shot while stealing a truck in Fresno, police say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The antheral who was changeable astatine by instrumentality enforcement successful Fresno while allegedly trying to get distant successful a stolen truck was named connected Thursday by the Fresno Police Department.

Officers besides revealed that the fishy has since passed distant pursuing the shooting.

According to police, a lawman with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office and 2 officers with the California Highway Patrol, who were members of the HEAT (Help Eliminate Auto Theft) team, fired astatine the fishy connected Aug. 20 aft helium attempted to usage the stolen motortruck to get away.

Officers accidental the fishy utilized the stolen motortruck to ram 2 instrumentality enforcement vehicles, prompting those officers to sprout backmost astatine the suspect. Officials aboriginal recovered a loaded weapon connected the level of the driver's side.

The fishy was identified connected Thursday arsenic 39-year-old Angel Rojas of Fresno. Following the shooting connected Aug. 20, constabulary accidental helium succumbed to his injuries and passed distant 10 days aboriginal connected Aug. 30.

An autarkic probe into the incidental has begun, according to the Fresno Police Department.