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Friday, October 31, 2025 7:57PM
The shooting fishy who was deed by a Fresno constabulary car successful River Park precocious Wednesday nighttime has been identified arsenic 18-year-old George Ruiz.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno constabulary person released assemblage camera, dash camera, and information footage of an August 20 incidental successful which an serviceman struck an equipped fishy with a patrol car during a ft pursuit adjacent the River Park Shopping Center.
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Police accidental the suspect, 18-year-old George Ruiz, fired a weapon astatine a passing conveyance successful a edifice parking batch astatine North Blackstone and East El Paso avenues astir 5:30 p.m. No 1 successful the conveyance was injured.
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An serviceman connected an unrelated telephone successful the River Park country heard the gunfire and ran toward it.
As helium arrived, helium saw Ruiz tally crossed Blackstone Avenue and followed him, witnessing Ruiz effort to carjack a vehicle.
The operator escaped, and Ruiz continued moving toward the Sam's Club parking lot.
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Additional officers arrived successful a patrol car and spotted Ruiz, who appeared to scope for a weapon successful his waistband.
That's erstwhile the serviceman down the instrumentality struck Ruiz with the patrol car. Body camera footage shows the car was traveling betwixt 10 and 19 mph astatine the clip of impact.
The collision threw Ruiz to the crushed and caused the loaded handgun to autumn retired of his reach.
Ruiz was rapidly handcuffed and aboriginal treated astatine a infirmary for limb pain.
Police accidental Ruiz admitted to the shooting. He has been charged with shooting astatine an occupied vehicle, firearm offenses, and resisting arrest. In court, helium plead not blameworthy to each charges.
Ruiz has nary erstwhile transgression history. His bail is acceptable astatine $575,000.
The probe into the usage of unit is ongoing, and findings volition beryllium handed implicit to the Internal Affairs Unit and the Office of Independent Review.
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