The police chief noted that police have a Hispanic male adult in custody with gunshot wound and in critical condition. The other officer was wounded and is expected to survive. His wife is at the hospital.
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Police arrested the first suspect, who suffered gunshot wounds, shortly after midnight in a ravine near the street where the two officers were shot on Thursday night.
San Diego police have released the name of a suspect arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of one police officer and wounding of a second officer.
SAN DIEGO (AP) – San Diego police were trying to determine whether a shooting that killed a veteran officer and wounded another was a deliberate attack.
Residents were ordered to stay in their homes throughout the night as San Diego police and officers from other law enforcement agencies scoured ravines, yards, streets and alleys for other possible suspects. A helicopter hovered above. He was being treated at a local hospital as of Friday morning. Authorities also detonated several devices at the scene to draw him out and used tools to break windows and pound on the roof. Nearly immediately a shootout ensued and the officers called for backup.
Zimmerman says the department is seeking “to find answers to the senseless murder and attempted murder of our police officers”. “There’s nothing that prepares you to do that”.
“We are here to announce the arrest of Jesse Michael Gomez, date of birth 12/19/63, for the murder of our San Diego Police Officer Jonathan DeGuzman and the attempt murder of Officer Wade Irwin”. Zimmerman reiterated that Irwin was expected to fully recover, and Faulconer said the nine-year veteran of the force “looked good, all things considered”.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to Officer DeGuzman’s family and friends, members of the San Diego Police Department and all law enforcement mourning the loss of this dedicated public servant”.
“Our gang suppression team officers put their lives on the line every day to make sure that our citizens are safe in San Diego”, she said.
“I ask all San Diegans and all people across our nation to join together in support of our officers who courageously protect our communities”, he added. “We need them and they need us”.
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A San Diego police officer wears a black band around his badge due to recent police shooting as he works a scene near the location where a fellow officer was fatally shot and another was wounded late on Thursday, in San Diego, California, United States July 29, 2016.
