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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Fresno Police Department has released caller bodycam footage connected Friday showing an attempted equipped robbery successful January that ended successful a pursuit onto Fresno State's campus.
The incidental occurred early greeting connected Jan. 26, 2025, adjacent North Backer Avenue and East Shaw Avenue successful Fresno. Officials accidental dispatchers received a telephone astir a location penetration successful advancement astatine the Maplewood Condominiums, an flat analyzable southbound of Fresno State adjacent Shaw Avenue and Highway 168.
The caller told constabulary that the equipped men approached his door, claiming to beryllium constabulary officers. When the caller looked done the window, helium saw 3 equipped men and told constabulary helium near done his home's backmost door.
Security video showed the suspects pulling up to the apartment, 1 of them equipped with a shotgun. The radical forced their mode inside, grabbed a harmless and loaded it into an SUV earlier backing the conveyance up to the door.
Fresno Police officers accidental they intercepted the suspects arsenic the suspects tried to thrust away. Body camera footage shows officers giving aggregate commands for the suspects to "get connected the ground."
Instead, constabulary accidental the operator backed the SUV into a gathering and past accelerated toward 1 of the officers.
Body cam footage shows the serviceman opened fire. Police accidental the suspects took off, sparking a pursuit that ended astir a mile distant astatine Fresno State.
Officers caught up with the SUV successful the southbound parking batch of Fresno State, wherever 1 patrol portion intentionally rammed the suspect’s vehicle.
Police accidental the driver, 37-year-old Amicho Macia, started reaching for a firearm earlier jumping retired and running. One serviceman fired done his windshield, portion different serviceman besides changeable astatine Mancia arsenic helium ran toward the campus
Police accidental Mancia was wearing assemblage armor astatine the clip of the shooting but inactive suffered a gunshot wound. Mancia was treated astatine the hospital. According to police, the vest didn’t amusement immoderate slug impacts.
Meanwhile, officers detained the passenger, aboriginal identified arsenic 43-year-old Antwoine Francisco Mancia and recovered an AR-15-style firearm from wrong the SUV. Both suspects were arrested.
Detectives arrested a 3rd suspect, 28-year-old Aaron Giri, a fewer days later.
Amicho was aboriginal booked connected suspicion of respective charges, including battle connected an officer, robbery, and amerciable firearm possession. Antwoine was besides booked connected suspicion of robbery and weapons charges aft being checked retired astatine the hospital.
Police accidental they besides recovered a shotgun backmost astatine the flat wherever the break-in happened.
Fresno Police accidental the probe is inactive underway.
