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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – On May 30, Fresno constabulary pulled implicit 23-year-old Andrew Garcia during a regular postulation stop. The rider adjacent to him provided his existent name, but Garcia gave officers a fake name.
Friday, Fresno Police released surveillance and assemblage camera video from that shooting.
An probe revealed that Garcia was connected progressive parole and had a pending parole warrant. Two days later, connected June 1, officers were capable to find Garcia's car astatine a location connected East Turner and Sierra Vista avenues. The rider from the postulation halt opened the door.
As the rider was patted down, officers asked wherever Andrew was. Now, officers cognize Andrew is astatine home. So, they jumped into enactment to find him. A 2nd serviceman was extracurricular the location erstwhile Garcia punched done a model and began threatening officers.
Officers were posted astir the home. One serviceman spotted Garcia retired of the location with a weapon successful hand. As Garcia was looking for an escape, officers tried cooperating with him, but Garcia would instrumentality to the archetypal home, participate his car and commencement driving successful the beforehand yard. An serviceman told Garcia to amusement his hands, but erstwhile helium didn’t, the serviceman opened fire.
Garcia was not deed by bullets, but helium continued driving done aggregate properties. Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto was astatine the country connected the time of the incident.
“After that, helium kept driving into fences, ramming aggregate fences, placing radical successful this vicinity successful danger, arsenic helium did so, and destroying property,” Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto said.
Officers besides reported seeing Garcia constituent his weapon successful their absorption and, later, getting retired of the car to constituent his weapon successful the air. After a lengthy standoff, Garcia surrendered and was aboriginal taken to the infirmary for injuries portion driving done fences. It was aboriginal determined that Garcia's weapon was a replica.
He was arrested for aggregate felony and misdemeanor charges. This probe is inactive ongoing.
