Account Set Up to Help Critically Injured Fremont Police Officer

FREMONT, CA - A donation account has been established for one of two police officers critically injured in a shooting last week in Fremont.

Police said on Twitter that the officers involved in the shooting last Wednesday were healing and the officer that was listed in critical condition had been upgraded to critical and improving. 

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According to police, the donation account was set up for the critically injured officer, with the second officer declining offers for aid, asking instead for all donations to go to his colleague.

Donations will be accepted at any Wells Fargo Bank using the reference account No. 3222976254.

Police said in addition, the Fremont Police Association will accept donations on behalf of the critically injured officer, asking that checks be made out to account No. 3222976254. Donations can also be mailed to P.O. Box 1727, Fremont, CA 94538
or dropped off to the Fremont Police Department during business hours.

The officers were injured during a traffic stop last Wednesday afternoon on Fremont Boulevard near Washington Boulevard.

Police said 44-year-old Gerald Villabrille, Jr., of San Jose, was driving a stolen truck when he was pulled over and backed into a patrol car before opening fire on a relatively new officer, critically wounding him.

The second victim, a detective with 10 years of experience, was shot one time around 10 minutes after the first incident. 

He was reported to be in stable condition, and according to police continues to improve.

Police said Villabrille, Jr. fled to a home after the incident where he later shot himself in the head.

--Bay City News