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TULARE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Dashcam footage of a constabulary shootout that ended with the suspect's apprehension was released by the Tulare County District Attorney's Office connected Monday. The 2021 shoot-out betwixt CHP and a antheral convicted of attempted execution astir outgo an serviceman her life.
According to the DA's office, connected February 19, 2021, Marvin Joseph Chang knocked connected the model of a car successful Three Rivers portion holding a weapon and pointing astatine the idiosyncratic inside. That idiosyncratic drove distant and called police, who caught up with Chang. He past led them connected a high-speed pursuit which ended with him shooting astatine instrumentality enforcement earlier helium was arrested.
The precocious released dashcam footage shows the last moments of the pursuit betwixt Chang and a pistillate CHP officer.
Officials accidental that deputies with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office pursued Chang, who near his car successful an orangish grove. The CHP serviceman parked down the Prius to wide the conveyance and past approached the Prius with her limb holstered.
In the dashcam video, Chang tin beryllium seen firing a weapon astatine the serviceman from down a tree. The video goes connected to amusement the CHP serviceman retreating to her conveyance to instrumentality fire. As she attempted to reload, Chang precocious and fired much rounds.
The video shows the serviceman moving astir the conveyance to flight Chang, who continued shooting until helium yet changeable the serviceman successful the shoulder. Chang reportedly past pistol-whipped the serviceman erstwhile his weapon jammed. Deputies past rushed to the country and Chang fled done the trees.
Chang was apprehended aft different firefight with instrumentality enforcement, the DA's bureau says. A hunt of Chang revealed helium had a firearm with an extended mag and was wearing a ballistic vest.
Following a hunt of the Prius, the DA's bureau says an further handgun, an AR rifle, further magazines, 3 knives, and implicit 1000 rounds of ammunition. Chang was besides successful possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
At proceedings connected July 22, 2024, a assemblage found Chang blameworthy of respective of charges including;
- Five counts of premeditated and deliberate attempted murder,
- Assault with a semi-automatic firearm connected bid officers,
- Felony successful possession of firearms, ammunition, and a ballistic vest,
- Felony evading,
- Special allegations that helium discharged a firearm.
The tribunal besides recovered Chang’s 2008 anterior condemnation for an battle with a deadly limb was a onslaught offense. On July 24, 2024, the aforesaid assemblage recovered Chang to beryllium legally sane astatine the clip of his crimes.
During his grounds astatine trial, the DA's bureau says Chang admitted his past and enactment for governmental extremism, including affiliations with anarchist “revolutionary” groups specified arsenic Antifa and others with beardown anti-government, anti-law enforcement sentiments.
Chang is acceptable to beryllium sentenced connected August 16.
