Mission Valley, CA – A group of Good Samaritans rushed to the aid of a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer after he was shot while conducting a crash investigation on Wednesday night, according to police.
The attack occurred on Interstate 8 near Interstate 805 at approximately 6:15 p.m. on April 27, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
The eight-year CHP veteran was investigating a collision near the ramp connecting the two routes when he “became involved in a struggle with a pedestrian,” CHP Captain Michael Harris later told reporters outside the hospital.
The officer was shot once in the right thigh during the fight, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Capt. Harris said a single bullet was fired during the brawl, but that investigators are still working to determine whether the round came from the officer’s gun or if the suspect had his own weapon, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
A group of good Samaritans jumped in to help the wounded officer and were able to subdue the unidentified 25-year-old suspect until additional officers arrived at the scene, according to Capt. Harris.
One of the citizens who rushed to the officer’s aid said he used his own sweatshirt and the officer’s belt to help staunch the bleeding, KUSI reported. Full Story and video below
All I can say is that if this was my NYPD, those other cops would be destroyed later for their tepid response to this attack on a cop. I hope he wasn’t injured seriously when his head hit the pavement. Sadly, the thug will be back on the street in no time.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A wanted suspect was shot to death and a Woodburn police officer wounded when gunfire erupted at the Flying J Truck Stop in Aurora mid-morning Monday.
Micaiah Clinton of Portland, who was wanted for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for trying to elude police, was shot and killed when he got out of his van around 4 hours after the incident began. Clinton was 27.
Officer Jesse Ponce was shot and seriously wounded. He was rushed to a Portland area hospital for treatment and is expected to recover, authorities said Monday evening. Ponce, 31, has been with Woodburn PD since 2017 and is a member of the Marion County Interagency SWAT team, which responded to the scene.
Police were initially called to the scene around 6:15 a.m. after Clinton had been spotted in the parking lot. He barricaded himself in a van and stayed there for more than 4 hours.
Shortly before 10 a.m., Marion County Sheriff’s Office tweeted SWAT and several other law enforcement agencies arrived to the Flying J truck stop on Ehlen Road.
Officials said Clinton got out of the van around 10:50 a.m. after tear gas was used. When he got out, “multiple shots” were fired. Authorities did not clarify who shot first.
“WPD is happy to report that Officer Ponce is out of surgery and resting comfortably at the hospital. We wish him a healthy recovery,” Woodburn Police Chief Marty Pilcher said in a statement. “Additionally, we are greatly appreciative of all the assistance we received this morning from EMS and our fellow law enforcement agencies.”
Court documents obtained by KOIN 6 News show Clinton was arrested in 2015 for robbing banks in Salem and Keizer within days of each other. He was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to 3 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release.
However in mid-2021 Clinton violated his supervised release and had a number of court appearances scheduled to deal with his violations.
Drive a car with mis-matched plates, run , resist, then try and beat up the cop and use the taser on the cop, he’d still be alive. Reading that headline you would never know this.
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