Correction: San Diego-Officers Shot story
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In stories July 29 to Aug. 3 about a San Diego police shooting, The Associated Press, relying on information from the San Diego Police Department, misspelled the last name of a slain officer.
Prosecutors say a man immediately opened fire on a San Diego police officer who walked up to him on a dark residential street last week to ask if he lived nearby
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man immediately opened fire on a San Diego police officer who walked up to him on a dark residential street last week to ask if he lived nearby, then shot into a patrol car, hitting the officer's partner with five bullets as he sat wearing a seat belt, prosecutors said.
Jesse Gomez, a construction worker with two felony convictions, pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted-murder charges Tuesday at a hospital where he is recovering from wounds he received in a gunbattle with police.
Gomez, 52, and another man had been walking about 11 p.m. Thursday and split up as the officers came into view, Deputy District Attorney Michael Runyon said at a news conference.
Gomez was unconscious with an empty holster, and a firearm, magazine and matching ammunition were discovered in the ravine, investigators said.
Gomez would be eligible for the death penalty if convicted, but prosecutors have not decided whether to seek it.
Investigators have reviewed police body camera footage, though they said Tuesday that Irwin's camera was not turned on until after he was shot.