Man shot by police after car, foot chase
RICHMOND: Police say suspect raised gun toward San Pablo officer
By Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
A San Pablo police officer shot a man who authorities say pointed a gun during a chase behind Ford Elementary School on Sunday.
The suspect, 18-year-old Jorge Cazahonda, went to a local hospital for treatment before police booked him into County Jail in Martinez on suspicion of numerous felonies. The officer, whose name police withheld Monday, was not injured.
The officer saw the suspect driving on Vale Road shortly after 1 p.m. She recognized Cazahonda and remembered that his driver's license was suspended, Detective Sgt. Jim Creekmore said.
"(Cazahonda) did not pull over when the officer tried to stop him," Creekmore said. "It was not a high-speed chase; he simply would not pull over."
Police followed the 1987 Toyota to a cul-de-sac near the intersection of 26th Street and Maricopa Avenue in Richmond, where the driver stopped, got out and walked away. He ignored the officer's commands to return to the car, police said.
With a Richmond officer covering her, the San Pablo officer ran after Cazahonda and grappled with him as they ran, Creekmore said. They went through a hole in a cyclone fence and onto the school campus.
Police say Cazahonda dropped a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun as he ran behind the school; the officer and suspect both reached for the weapon.
"The officer had already drawn her weapon. She reaches down, but the suspect comes up with the gun. He turns away as if looking for some place to run, but sees he's at a sort of dead end," Creekmore said. "He raises the gun, at which time the officer delivers one round, striking him in the right arm."
The round grazed the suspect, who then threw the weapon on the school's roof. After a tussle, police brought him to the ground and arrested him.
San Pablo police and the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office are investigating separately, a standard practice in officer-involved shootings.
The shooting was the second in three months for San Pablo police on Richmond streets.
On May 29, a different San Pablo officer shot and killed 35-year-old Melvin Deshawn Hardnett after a car chase that ended in the Santa Fe neighborhood. Police said Hardnett was pulling a handgun from one officer's holster when another shot him.
The Contra Costa Coroner's Office has not yet scheduled an inquest for either case.
Reach Karl Fischer at 510-262-2728 or kfischer@cctimes.com.
By Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
A San Pablo police officer shot a man who authorities say pointed a gun during a chase behind Ford Elementary School on Sunday.
The suspect, 18-year-old Jorge Cazahonda, went to a local hospital for treatment before police booked him into County Jail in Martinez on suspicion of numerous felonies. The officer, whose name police withheld Monday, was not injured.
The officer saw the suspect driving on Vale Road shortly after 1 p.m. She recognized Cazahonda and remembered that his driver's license was suspended, Detective Sgt. Jim Creekmore said.
"(Cazahonda) did not pull over when the officer tried to stop him," Creekmore said. "It was not a high-speed chase; he simply would not pull over."
Police followed the 1987 Toyota to a cul-de-sac near the intersection of 26th Street and Maricopa Avenue in Richmond, where the driver stopped, got out and walked away. He ignored the officer's commands to return to the car, police said.
With a Richmond officer covering her, the San Pablo officer ran after Cazahonda and grappled with him as they ran, Creekmore said. They went through a hole in a cyclone fence and onto the school campus.
Police say Cazahonda dropped a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun as he ran behind the school; the officer and suspect both reached for the weapon.
"The officer had already drawn her weapon. She reaches down, but the suspect comes up with the gun. He turns away as if looking for some place to run, but sees he's at a sort of dead end," Creekmore said. "He raises the gun, at which time the officer delivers one round, striking him in the right arm."
The round grazed the suspect, who then threw the weapon on the school's roof. After a tussle, police brought him to the ground and arrested him.
San Pablo police and the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office are investigating separately, a standard practice in officer-involved shootings.
The shooting was the second in three months for San Pablo police on Richmond streets.
On May 29, a different San Pablo officer shot and killed 35-year-old Melvin Deshawn Hardnett after a car chase that ended in the Santa Fe neighborhood. Police said Hardnett was pulling a handgun from one officer's holster when another shot him.
The Contra Costa Coroner's Office has not yet scheduled an inquest for either case.
Reach Karl Fischer at 510-262-2728 or kfischer@cctimes.com.
posted by Plunda Claus @ 3:10 PM
3 Comments:
At August 08, 2006 4:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
Another thug wasted, hell I not crying about this! Live by the gun, die by the gun!
At August 08, 2006 5:13 PM,
Anonymous said…
"nighthawk," the thug in question was only wounded, I believe.
I suppose the consolation in this is that the officers are OK, Cazahonda's death isn't on their conscience, and he'll be charged with felony evasion and ADW at the very least, which will keep him off the streets for a little while.
At August 09, 2006 11:34 AM,
Anonymous said…
Thanks to dread captain shiroiwashi for keeping the facts straight.
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