Suspect in Fresno 'hostage situation' outside Manchester named by police

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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The fishy who was changeable successful the caput by officers aft holding a woman hostage with a weapon adjacent Fresno's Manchester Center Thursday has been named by the Fresno Police Department.

The incidental began connected Thursday greeting erstwhile constabulary accidental a FAX autobus operator reported a pistillate brandishing a weapon adjacent the FAX gathering extracurricular Manchester Center.

When officers arrived, they reported the woman, identified arsenic 39-year-old Joanna Lopez, failed to obey orders to enactment the weapon down. Lopez past approached a unfortunate from down and placed the weapon connected the backmost of the victim's neck.

39-year-old Joanna Lopez

Police accidental they continued to inquire Lopez to driblet the weapon, and erstwhile she refused, 1 serviceman fired a azygous changeable to her caput area. Lopez and the unfortunate some fell to the ground, and aft disarming Lopez, they began administering CPR.

Fresno Police accidental the unfortunate was not physically injured, however, Lopez was transported to a section infirmary wherever she remains successful captious condition.

Investigators person not disclosed whether oregon not Lopez has a past with authorities oregon successful regards to her intelligence stability.