Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has brought eight charges against the barricaded suspect who fired upon Pomona officers, killing one.
Isaias De Jesus Valencia, 39, was charged with one count of murder with the special circumstance allegations of murder of a peace officer and murder for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest. He also faces seven counts of attempted murder and one count each of fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s vehicle and possession of a firearm by a felon, according to Greg Risling of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Valencia's arraignment was postponed until May 1. If convicted as charged, Valencia faces the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole. A decision on whether to seek capital punishment will be made at a later date, Risling said. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor POMONA – One of two Pomona Police Officers hit by gunfire from a barricaded pursuit suspect is recuperating at home.
Field Training Officer Alex Nguyen has been released from the hospital and is doing well, Pomona Police said in a brief social media statement. Nguyen was shot in the face while attempting to rescue fellow officer, Greggory Jonathan Casillas, 30, who died after also being shot. The two officers and backup units chased on foot a pursuit suspect who ran into an apartment unit after crashing into a parked truck while fleeing Pomona Police. The suspect, Isaias De Jesus Valencia, 39, accused of murder of a police officer and attempted murder of a police officer, has yet to have a case filed against him, according to Sarah Ardalani of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Valencia was booked at the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station at 4:25 p.m. Saturday after surrendering to Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau deputies after a K9 was sent in to subdue him when tear gas failed to bring him out, authorities said. Valencia is being held without bail. Valencia kept law enforcement at bay for 15 hours. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor POMONA - A brief pursuit of a reckless driver culminated with one officer being shot to death, the other being seriously wounded, a Sheriff’s Homicide lieutenant said.
The unidentified suspect is believed to still be alive inside an apartment unit in the 1400 block of Palomares Street. The suspect led Pomona officers in a pursuit when he crashed just after 9 p.m. Friday, according to Lt. Christopher Bergner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. The suspect fled on foot the grey-colored truck he crashed into a parked SUV with Pomona officers following behind and ran into an apartment unit. “As he barricaded himself in a bedroom, officers attempted to contact him and he began firing through the door, striking two officers,” Bergner said. One officer was pronounced dead upon arriving at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. A long procession of law enforcement from across the San Gabriel Valley and the Inland Empire escorted the Coroner van carrying the body of the slain officer as it was taken to the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau and crisis negotiators are on scene attempting to get the suspect to surrender. |
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