Posted on 02/01/2023 2:18:56 PM PST by grundle
The man accused of gunning down a Selma police officer was identified Wednesday by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office as Nathaniel Dixon.
The 23-year-old was arrested within a half hour of allegedly killing officer Gonzalo Carrasco Jr., a two-year veteran of Selma Police Department, police have said.
Officers recovered a weapon not far from where Dixon was arrested, police said.
Carrasco was flagged down by a resident who said a suspicious man was in front of a home on Pine Street, which is south of Rose Avenue and west of Highway 99, the sheriff’s office said in a Wednesday update.
He got out of his patrol car and approached Dixon, who allegedly shot the officer several times about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, deputies said.
The officer was rushed to Community Regional Medical Center, and about four hours later, police announced he had died.
Carrasco was the son of farmworkers and an expectant father, according to authorities.
It was the first time an officer had been killed in the line of duty in Selma Police Department’s history. The department was formed in 1893, according to the sheriff’s office.
Dixon has a criminal background that includes charges for firearms possession, robbery and drug possession, court records show.
He served time in prison and was on probation as part of California’s AB 109 law, commonly called prison realignment.
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office said the suspect was sentenced in March 2022 to serve five years, four months in prison, but was released by September 2022 and placed on Post Release Community Supervision.
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Can’t police look up license numbers on vehicles BEFORE exiting their car.
If so WHY DON’T THEY? not that that would identify the driver but, come on!
Telling the person to exit the car with hands up, turn around set down, not legal?
More training needed.
From long deceased police relatives, so I know what they should do.
Anyone who tattoos their face is not interested in legitimate employment.
could be 🍄🧁It sticks out, despite it’s size.
I’d have never guessed that one.
That’s they way VDH describes the history of the area.
A lot of CA areas had real estate covenants prohibiting sale to Armenians, which is why a bunch settled in the area of Selma.
It’s not a look that screams “concerned citizen.”
A real winner.
The perp was in a car?
It means he's a White Hispanic...
Gee… ain’t he cute…
Nice Range Target face.
Sorry, so he was in front of a home. OK not to worry. No need to suspect he didn’t have a weapon. Suspicious acting people don’t carry weapons. I see.
What did they have against Armenians?
No idea. I don’t get it either.
Seems to date from before the Muslim genocide of Armenians in WW1.
Armenians were considered akin to Jews. ‘Race’ was thought of differently then.
A face only his Mama could love
Seems as tho the ONLY part of the economy that is thriving are the tattoo parlors.
Since they were poor farmworkers, and not auto mechanics, they should let the poor boy go.
Now he’ll go back to prison for life and will be lionized by the prison population.
Execute the criminal executioner. Quickly.
The murdered officer was the expectant father, not Dixon. I hope Dixon hasn’t reproduced and never gets a chance to.
The California Judicial Left kills another law enforcement officer. Go after whoever gave this bastard early release.
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