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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Pay no attention to the FACE TATTOOS, he was just turning his life around
Carrasco was the son of farmworkers
In California that means anchor baby.
Carrasco was the son of farmworkers and an expectant father, according to authorities.
Obviously the dead officer was a white Hispanic.
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