Felon Who Shot Officer Caught Near San Diego
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OAKLAND: Accused Fremont Cop Shooter Captured In San Diego [Allie Rasmus]
Updated on: 2010-08-29 07:22:21
The suspect in the shooting of an undercover police officer was arrested by San Diego Police Saturday in San Ysidro, on his way to the U.S./Mexico border.
San Diego police arrested 20-year-old Andrew Barrientos Saturday afternoon, more than 24 hours after he shot officer Todd Young twice during a confrontation in Oakland.
A San Diego police spokesperson confirmed Barrientos was headed towards the border when he was arrested. He reportedly had a passenger in the vehicle with him. Officers also recovered a loaded handgun. Both were arrested without incident.
At a press conference Saturday evening, Oakland Assistant Police Chief Howard Jordan said that during the search for Barrientos, a woman was arrested, and will be charged with aiding and abetting the suspect.
Earlier, Young was listed as being in "Critical but Stable" condition at Highland Hospital in Oakland after undergoing "lengthy surgery," according to a press release sent by Detective Bill Veteran of the Fremont Police Department.
The shooting incident happened Friday at around 2:30 p.m. on the 2000 block of Auseon Avenue near Bancroft. Two officers -- Young, a Fremont officer, and an unidentified officer from Oakland -- who were working as part of a multi-department task force, approached Barrientos to serve him a warrant.
A confrontation with the Barrientos ensued and gunfire was exchanged. Barrientos reportedly shot Young twice, in the upper leg and groin area, and fled the scene.
Barrientos then tried to carjack a red SUV. The driver of that vehicle ran from his car to a nearby liquor store on Bancroft. The red SUV was found at the scene with tires shot out and riddled with bullets.
Barrientos proceeded to steal a second vehicle, fleeing the scene in a 1999 4-door green Madza sedan, California license plate No. 4MJE548. Barrientos shot into the car he stole and the driver of the vehicle was reportedly injured, but was only hit by broken glass and not by bullets. The extent of that person's injuries was not immediately known.
Barrientos's car was found in Hayward early Saturday morning, spotted at about 2 a.m. near Tennyson Park and reported to police. Barrientos was nowhere to be found, according to Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason.
Barrientos has "Decoto" tattooed on the back of his neck and "Decoto Gangster" tattooed on his forearms, police said.
Thomason warned anyone that helped Barrientos elude arrest that they would also be punished.
"During the course of investigation, if we come across any evidence that there's friends, family, or fellow gang members helping him escape or hide from police, we're going bring cases to the district attorney's office and have those people charged," he said.
Todd, 39, is a 6-year veteran with the Fremont Police Department, with 10 years prior experience at the Newark Police Department. He also has a wife and two children.
After the incident Friday, Fremont and Oakland detectives and officers waited outside Highland Hospital while Young underwent surgery, among them Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts and Fremont Police Chief Craig Steckler.
"We have an outstanding suspect and our mission right now is to see if we can locate that suspect," said Chief Batts Friday.
During surgery Friday, Young required 60 units of blood, and doctors predicted Saturday that he would undergo more operations, requiring more blood. Veteran said that donations in blood can be made in Young's name to the American Red Cross or a local blood bank.
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