Detective Shoots Auto Burglary Suspect in Pacific East Mall Parking Lot

A police detective shot and injured an auto burglary suspect who drove his car at the detective in a parking lot at the Pacific East Mall in Richmond this afternoon, a police captain said. The two detectives were walking through the parking lot at the mall, located at 3288 Pierce St., at about 12:10 p.m. when they spotted a 19-year-old Alameda man who allegedly broke the window of a parked car to burglarize it, police Capt. Mark Gagan said.

The detectives attempted to detain the man, but he ran back to his own car parked several aisles away and got inside. One of the detectives went to the driver’s side door, which remained open, and the other stood in front of the car, Gagan said. The suspect accelerated toward the officer in front of the car, prompting him to fire his gun several times through the car’s windshield and then through the open driver’s side door as the suspect sped past him.

The suspect was struck by bullets several times in the lower extremities, Gagan said. Neither detective was injured. The suspect escaped and drove about a mile away, but crashed into several parked cars and a fire hydrant in the 500 block of Cleveland Street in Albany.

The suspect was taken to a hospital in critical condition. He is in police custody and under guard at the hospital, Gagan said.

By Bay City News

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