A police officer from San Diego, California, who sustained major gunshot wounds during a chase has been released from the hospital. The officer was a victim of an ambush-like shooting.
police officer whose protective vest may have saved his life after he was shot during a chase was released from the hospital Wednesday.He was identified in court records as Javier Hernandez, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.The officer, who has about 1 1/2 years on the force, was shot early Monday as he and other officers tried to capture a man who led officers on a lengthy chase in a stolen Toyota 4Runner, then ditched it and ran off in the Mountain View neighborhood.
Police have said that the driver lay in wait for his pursuers and opened fire with an unregistered"ghost gun" as one officer came around the corner of a building. San Diego police officer Javier Hernandez was released from the hospital on Wednesday after sustaining gunshot wounds from an ambush-like shooting.
The man then barricaded himself for nine hours in a nearby vacant townhouse until SWAT team members saw that he was down on the floor, police said. He apparently had overdosed and was revived with the use of Narcan, which is used in emergencies to reverse
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