Newark: Fremont guy arrested as taking pictures suspect just after chase, collision

NEWARK — A 19-yr-old Fremont gentleman was in county jail following his arrest on suspicion of several charges in relationship with a shooting that struck a property, flight from pursuing officers and an damage collision at an intersection, authorities stated.

In a statement late Tuesday, law enforcement said officers responded just immediately after 9:25 p.m. to a report of a house struck by gunfire in the 36000 block of Cherry Avenue, and arrived to find two suspects who disregarded an officer’s commands, just one of whom an officer noticed with a firearm in his palms, acquiring into a car.

When the automobile drove absent, officers pursued it for one and a quarter miles till it turned northbound in southbound Newark Boulevard lanes. Before long immediately after, it struck an uninvolved auto, injuring its driver, who was taken to a clinic for cure of minimal injuries.

The suspect vehicle’s driver obtained out and fled on foot, and was not positioned in spite of officers’ established up and canvas of a perimeter. Other officers took a passenger, the 19-12 months-aged Fremont resident, into custody.

Soon after the passenger’s arrest on suspicion of prices which includes assault with a semiautomatic firearm, evading a peace officer, resisting arrest and shooting at an inhabited dwelling, he was taken to a healthcare facility for treatment of slight collision-related injuries.

Shortly following medical clearance, he was booked into Santa Rita Jail early Tuesday and was held on $370,000 bail and faces an arraignment hearing Thursday at Dublin’s East County Hall of Justice, in accordance to a county data look at.

Law enforcement stated they experienced not yet established a motive for the capturing, which continues to be beneath investigation. Any individual with information and facts might simply call Newark police Det. Joyce Wang at 510-578-4214 or e-mail joyce.wang@newark.org, or leave an anonymous suggestion by calling 510-578-4965.

Get hold of George Kelly at 408-859-5180.