Killing the Neighbors Dogs

[Drunk Monk]

Look what happened near my house yesterday. My morning commute was police tape and evidence markers. We got re-routed all over. It was total CSI and everyone wanted to rubberneck.

FREMONT
Police shoot, wound suspected car thief
Henry K. Lee
Friday, November 16, 2007

A suspected car thief was shot and wounded by Fremont police Thursday at the end of a chaotic chase during which he twice exchanged gunfire with officers, authorities said.

Jorge Cazarez, 23, of Fremont was shot twice and was taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley. He was later released and taken to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, where he was booked on four counts of attempted murder of a police officer, police Detective Bill Veteran said.

The incident began at 2 a.m. when officers stopped a stolen burgundy Honda near Fremont Boulevard and Tamayo Street, authorities said. Police, following standard procedure, ordered the driver out of the car at gunpoint, but the driver drew a gun and fired at officers, Veteran said.

The officers returned fire, and the suspect took off in the Honda, police said.

The driver then abandoned the car near a gas station at Fremont Boulevard and Thornton Avenue and again fired shots at officers as he fled, Veteran said. Police again returned fire.

A police dog found Cazarez hiding in some bushes, and officers found his gun nearby, Veteran said.

Four officers who exchanged gunfire with the suspect were placed on routine paid administrative leave pending investigations by police and the Alameda County district attorney's office.

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