Details are being shared about the shooting that happened in the Safeway-Lowe’s parking lot in east Redding and sent a wanted man to the hospital almost a week after it happened.
According to Shasta County sheriff’s Capt. Chris Edwards, the shooting happened around 4:10 p.m. on March 26. Police from Redding went up to a guy who was sitting in a parked car at the shopping center on the corner of East Cypress Avenue and Churn Creek Road.
The news release said, “The officers knew who the driver was and knew he had an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest.”
The shooting is being looked into by the Shasta County Multi-Agency Officer-Involved Critical Incident Team.
The sheriff’s office says that the cops tried to arrest the man by telling him what to do. At one point, a police officer went up to the man. The man then sped his car toward the officer, according to the news report from the sheriff’s office. The officer then fired his gun.
There was no word from the sheriff’s office on how many police officers were there.
The driver kept driving through the parking lot toward Lowe’s until he hit a stopped car that was empty near where Alfredo Way and Downard Lane meet.
The news statement said that when police arrived at the car, they saw that the man had been shot and gave him medical help. The driver is still getting better after being taken to the hospital.
The news release doesn’t say what was wrong with the man or why he had a warrant out for his arrest for a crime.
The news release said that the Redding police officers who tried to arrest the man were in uniform and driving a marked car.
The police cops were not hurt.
Edwards said that the names of the police officers and the man who was shot are being kept secret.
California law says that footage from the officer’s body camera of the incident must be made public within 45 days. Edwards said that the footage is part of the probe.
