 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor POMONA - Police are investigating an incident that left a suspect wounded by gunfire after an alleged attempted carjacking Saturday afternoon.
The shooting occurred just after 12:30 p.m. in the 500 block of East Franklin Avenue, October 2. The suspect confronted the alleged victim on foot, revealed a handgun and attempted to rob him. The suspect was shot. He was eventually detained, treated for injuries and later hospitalized in stable condition, according to the Pomona Police Department. The suspect’s handgun was recovered. It is not yet publicly known what type of vehicle the suspect tried to take from the alleged victim, nor is it publicly clear how the alleged victim came to be armed in the first place. Police declined to name the suspect, but he is facing being booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, attempted carjacking, carrying a loaded firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying an unregistered firearm.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor POMONA - A homeless man found himself a ride Tuesday night, forcing one driver at gunpoint to take him to a restaurant after failing to take another driver at knifepoint. Hugo Munoz, 38, was arrested without incident at a restaurant in the 13000 block of Second Street in Chino after a helicopter located the grey Scion TC taken at gunpoint. The suspect used a replica handgun to force the driver to comply, Pomona Police said. The Scion was seen fleeing the scene of a failed carjacking and kidnapping around 7:19 p.m. at East Franklin Avenue and South Reservoir Street in Pomona May 7.
Munoz is accused of trying to carjack a different driver at knifepoint, but failed before he took the Scion, Pomona Police said. Munoz was booked on suspicion of carjacking and kidnapping. |
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