Body Cam: 2 Officer Injured By Suspect Kidnapper in Fatal Shooting. Apr 16 2020 Richmond /Oakland PD

1. Alejandro Serrano
   
   San Francisco Chronicle

   RICHMOND, Calif. — A man suspected of kidnapping and shooting a woman in April led police on a high-speed chase that ended with police fatally shooting him after he rammed his van into two patrol cars, according to video footage released Tuesday by Oakland and Richmond police.

   The April 16 crash injured two Oakland officers, police said, leaving one with multiple broken bones and prompting several other officers to open fire and kill 24-year-old Juan Ayon-Barraza. He was suspected of kidnapping and shooting Tanisha Thomas of Vallejo hours earlier before dumping her in the Oakland Hills.

   Body-worn camera footage shows an officer shooting through his cruiser's window to stop the suspect vehicle. (Photo/Screengrab of joint release video from Richmond Police Department/Oakland Police Department)
   
   Body-worn camera footage shows an officer shooting through his cruiser's window to stop the suspect vehicle. (Photo/Screengrab of joint release video from Richmond Police Department/Oakland Police Department)
   
   The family of the 29-year-old woman, who died about a month after she was shot, reported her missing hours before the shooting, according to the video featuring interim Richmond Police Chief Bisa French. The 16-minute video includes audio from 911 calls and footage from several body-worn cameras and a helicopter.

   It was released “to allow the public to view the material in as clear and straightforward a manner as possible and without editorial comment,” French said. “We train to minimize the use of force and we take its use very seriously.”

   Authorities said one Richmond police officer and “multiple” Oakland officers fired at Ayon-Barraza’s van after he made a U-turn and collided with a patrol vehicle before continuing on into another vehicle. The officers were identified only by their last names as Richmond police Officer Deorian, who radioed that the driver was waving a gun as he came to a stop, and Oakland officers Recendez and Hohn.

   The events began to unfold the morning of April 16, when when Thomas’ family reported her missing and said she had last been seen with Ayon-Barraza.

   Just before 7 p.m. that same day, a cyclist called 911 to report a man carrying a body wrapped in a blanket in the area of Pinehurst Road and Skyline Boulevard, according to audio of the call.

   “I witnessed some people dumping a body and I think she’s still alive,” the man tells a dispatcher. “I think she is still breathing. I don’t know. She’s under a blanket. It’s like she’s bleeding.”

   The man said that he saw a van pulling away from a scene.

   Oakland and Moraga police responded to the scene along with Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies, but van sped away.

   Authorities found Thomas down a steep embankment off Pinehurst Road, “severely beaten” and suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, police said. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition. She died about a month after the incident.

   A few miles away near Redwood Road, a Moraga police officer spotted a van matching the description given by the cyclist.

   The driver led officers to Highway 13 and then drove westbound on Interstate 580 before exiting at Bayview Avenue, officials said. The chase reached speeds greater than 100 mph on the freeway.

   Helicopter footage shows the driver slow down near S. 37th Street and Stege Avenue.

   “I’m the closest one. He’s coming to a stop at Stege,” Deorian says. “He’s waving a gun in the front seat.”

   But then, according to the helicopter footage, the driver makes a sudden U-turn and bee-lines to the front of a line of six patrol cars, sending two officers scrambling as they exit the closest car to the van. The crash left one officer wounded and crawling toward others for help.

   Body-worn camera footage shows Deorian fire at least six rounds at the van through his own windshield and driver’s side window.

   Shots can be heard from other officers for eight seconds as Deorian reloads and exits his car.

   Officer Recendez fires at least 15 rounds through a deployed airbag. It’s unclear how many times Hohn fires his weapon before running to an injured officer and dragging him away from the van and into the back of a vehicle.

   ©2020 the San Francisco Chronicle

2. 9:05 mind your crossfire

3. So many unnecessary shots from all angles…out of the window while driving and from people sitting in the back seat 😫

4. Damn what 1911 model was that shit was clean

5. thats a badass .45 that cop was wielding.. nice reload too

6. I like when you see all officers come get their man. Heartwarming stuff

7. That back seat cop let loose

8. Immigrants do so much to enrich this nation.
   I live in a poor white city in Northern California about the same size as Oakland. I have never heard of a body being dumped like a bag of trash. Most years there aren’t any murders at all.

9. One of the craziest story and police action ive seen so far on hour channel. This is insane and crazy, big W for policemen

10. My heart went out to the 911 caller

11. That madlad officer just busted through his window he doesn't give a shit man, He cares bout the victim

12. Wow that's tough 2watch. God bless em'🙏their my heroes…

13. Just a regular day in Shithole-fornia.

14. The cops that ran around pulling the injured away are amazing

15. Americans will never ever understand. Europe's nations like UK, France and Germany have less than 1/10 of murder victims per capita than the US. That's because we Europeans are civilized and believe, that weapons should be carried by the police only. Period.

16. That 1911 says this . It's a $ 4000.00 STI , Wilson Combat or an Ed Brown . He is a serious shot and probably was trained by Massad Ayoob !

17. Que want when you going when you cops when police chase you want this going cuando when you going when police chase you want this going when call 9-1-1 you going when you going cops when policia you want this police officers when

18. Dang, he's got the stendo on his Kimber, that is sweet. What a fucking tragic outcome overall. Nobody won here… best wishes to those officers who were injured, and RIP to that poor girl…

19. crossfire bandits

20. No worries the retarded Democrats will fill our country full of these pieces of filth and try to take away Second Amendment rights from law abiding citizens!

21. Wow. Really dangerous cross fire for the cops. Glad they ended that guy though.

22. UNPROFESSIONAL….CROSSFIRE!!!

23. My god she needs to do something about that hair…

24. WHY DID THE FOOL SHOOT FROM THE BACK OF THE VAN TOWARDS HIS WORKMATES? ? ? ? ?

25. Way to go fellas! Good job! Way to have your brothers back!💯💯💯💯👊🏾👊🏾

26. It’s always bad when the interim police chief narrates

27. Damn what 1911 model was that shit was clean

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