A man shot and injured by police in Fairfield on Wednesday has been released from the hospital and was allegedly wielding a BB gun at the time of the incident, a police spokesperson said.
has been released from the hospital and was allegedly wielding a BB gun at the time of the incident, a police spokesperson said. Officers responded at 1:16 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a man with what appeared to be a firearm in his hand in the 900 block of East Tabor Avenue near Grange Middle School. The reporting party said they had been walking on a trail in the area when they saw a man manipulating a handgun.
The school was placed on lockdown while officers went to the walking trail and observed a man holding what appeared to be a gun. When asked to drop his weapon, the man allegedly pointed it at the officers. A, who was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Fairfield Police Officers seized this BB gun, designed to look like a real semi-automatic handgun, while responding to a call of a man with a handgun in Fairfield, Calif., on Sept. 28, 2023.An investigation revealed that the man was holding a BB gun"designed to look like a real semi-automatic handgun," a police spokesperson said Thursday.
The suspect was identified as 40-year-old Fairfield resident Osiris Santos. He was arrested on suspicion of felony assault on a peace officer.Police believe that the suspect's location on the trail and his proximity to the school was merely a coincidence. As per department policy, the officer who shot Santos has been placed on administrative leave. The department is not releasing the officer's name.
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