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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Fresno Police Department and metropolis officials are present speaking retired connected the officer-involved shooting that happened implicit the weekend.
“[The officers] faced conscionable astir apt the worst time of their beingness connected Saturday, and erstwhile I visited the sergeant yesterday successful the hospital, helium told maine helium was gladsome it was him that was changeable alternatively of his officers,” Interim Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto said.
Police accidental Andy Morales stabbed and changeable Mario Ternora to decease successful a Platt Avenue location connected Saturday evening.
A ShotSpotter alarm alerted the constabulary section to the shooting soon earlier 5:30 p.m.
After officers had investigated the country for astir an hour, they accidental the suspect, Morales, returned and changeable astatine a sergeant who was sitting successful his squad car.
Police accidental they are shocked the fishy returned portion officers were inactive connected the scene.
“So uncommon that I couldn't adjacent springiness you a percentage, not thing that we spot a batch of,” Casto said.
The sergeant’s sanction has not been released, but the section says helium was changeable successful the leg.
They accidental the injured serviceman chased Morales for astir a artifact earlier Morales crashed his car and tried to tally away.
Police accidental the sergeant and Morales changeable astatine each different for astir 47 seconds earlier different officers joined.
Casto says Morales’ behaviour shows helium intended to wounded the sergeant.
“Not lone was helium firing rounds astatine him, helium was repositioning himself aggregate times, going to the ground, lasting up, uncovering places of screen and concealment to forestall himself from being struck by gunfire,” Casto said.
Officers changeable Morales 7 times, sidesplitting him.
The sergeant was changeable aggregate times successful the legs, though the nonstop fig of shots has not been released.
Casto says the happening that amazes her astir is the information that the sergeant had the beingness of caput to telephone an ambulance for himself and the fishy earlier going into shock.
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer says helium knows the sergeant personally, and says, that portion the carnal wounds volition heal, the sergeant’s affectional wounds whitethorn instrumentality longer.
“We're present contiguous arsenic a effect of God's grace, God's grace that is allowing america to speech astir a constabulary serviceman who was wounded successful the enactment of work versus a constabulary serviceman who was killed successful the enactment of duty,” Dyer said.
Dyer says helium spoke with the sergeant successful the infirmary and reports that helium looks guardant to returning to enactment erstwhile he’s backmost connected his feet.
