Charges filed against man accused of killing San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy
Jesus Reyes
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KESQ) – Prosecutors filed charges against a man accused of killing a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy responding to a domestic violence call in Rancho Cucamonga then leading police on a pursuit that ended in a violent crash.
Angelo Jose Saldivar, 47, of San Bernardino, is charged with 10 counts, including murder for the death of SBCSD Deputy Andrew Nuñez, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office announced Monday.
Charges filed:
PC 187a) – Murder
PC207(a) – Attempted Kidnapping
PC245(b) – Assault with a Semiautomatic Firearm
PC245(b) – Assault with a Semiautomatic Firearm
PC245(b) – Assault with a Semiautomatic Firearm
PC245(b) – Assault with a Semiautomatic Firearm
PC246.3(a) – Discharge of a Firearm
VC 2800.2(a) – Evading an Officer
PC236 – False Imprisonment by Violence
PC243(e)(1) – Battery on a Spouse
Prosecutors have also alleged special allegations for use of a firearm in commission of the assaults. Special allegations of murder to avoid arrest, murder of a police officer, and personal and intentional discharge of a firearm have been filed with the murder charge.
If found guilty, and special allegations found true, Saldivar would be eligible to be sentenced to Life Without Possibility of Parole and Death, the DA’s office said.
The shooting happened on Oct. 28, just after 12:40 p.m. in Rancho Cucamonga. Police said the call started as a man threatening a woman. Deputies arrived and were immediately shot at by the suspect. Deputy Andrew Nuñez was struck by gunfire and airlifted to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Nuñez, 28, had been with the department for six years. He leaves behind a wife and a two-year-old daughter. His wife is also expecting, authorities said.
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Authorities said Saldivar fled the scene on a motorcycle. Police pursued him along the eastbound 210 freeway before coming to the end when he crashed into the back of a vehicle in Upland.
San Bernardino County Sheriff Dicus said in a news conference that an off-duty sheriff’s deputy conducted a “legal intervention” by striking the suspect on the motorcycle, which sparked the crash that ended the chase.
Saldivar is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday in Rancho Cucamonga.
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