The attempted murder suspect opened fire on the officer as she drove up to him, authorities said.
GILROY – A Gilroy police officer acted in “lawful self-defense” when she shot and killed a 40-year-old man wanted for attempted murder during a gunfight last year in the downtown area, according to the Santa Cara County District Attorney’s Office.
“Officer Fraide, believing Lopez would kill her if he had the chance to reload, returned fire and hit Lopez in the head with a single bullet, killing him.” Baker wrote.of a man on Aug. 31, 2021. Lopez had asked the victim, identified in the report as John Doe, if he wanted to go look for a man who had assaulted Doe several months earlier. When Doe declined, Lopez shot him a total of five times, according to the report.
“The dispatcher asked Lopez again if he was armed,” Baker wrote. “He responded, ‘I wouldn’t be calling you if I was armed.’”
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