Watch Calif. Police Stop Gunman who Fired at, Rammed Ex-Girlfriend
What to know
- Martin Campos, 32, was arrested by Fresno police after allegedly pistol-whipping his ex-girlfriend and trying to shoot her
- The suspect led police on a vehicle pursuit, ramming the victim’s car with a child inside as he yelled death threats at the woman.
- An officer opened fire at the suspect after he allegedly shot into the woman’s vehicle; no one was struck by the gunfire.
By Thaddeus Miller
Source The Fresno Bee
Fresno police on Friday released body-worn camera and surveillance footage of what they said was a man pistol whipping his ex-girlfriend and trying to shoot her before an officer fired several rounds at him.
The shooting ended in the arrest of Martin Campos, 32, of Fresno, who was not struck by any gunfire from officers, according to police. Reached by phone on Friday, his attorney declined to comment.
Campos has been charged with 11 counts including attempted murder on the woman as well as several more child abuse and firearms crimes by the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office.
At about 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, Campos struck the woman with a gun while she sat in a car and he stood outside of it in a parking lot at Shields Avenue and First Street, according to surveillance video released by police.
Audio from a 911 call recorded the woman’s conversation with a dispatcher, according to police. She said her ex-boyfriend hit her in the head with a gun before she drove away.
“I think he busted my head open. I’m gushing out blood and he’s following me, right behind me,” she can be heard saying in the audio.
The woman told the dispatcher she had a child in the back seat. Campos followed her in a separate car as she made the call to 911, and then chased her south on Highway 41, police said.
The man struck her car as she drove toward Highway 99 and Jensen Avenue, police said. At one point he could be heard yelling threats at her as she was on the phone with the dispatcher. She can be heard telling the man that she’s bleeding.
“I’m gonna kill you, I don’t give a (expletive),” he can be heard saying in the audio, according to police.
A sergeant in the area saw the cars in the pursuit going west on Jensen and he headed to the incident, video shows. As the woman stops behind other cars in a left turn lane at Elm Avenue, the officer stops behind her while the man is stopped on the passenger’s side.
He then fired a round into her car, police said. Slowed down footage appears to show him holding a gun out the window and a bullet hole is visible on the rear driver’s side window.
The child was in the rear passenger’s side, police said.
The woman reacted to the gunfire by putting the car into reverse, but collided with the sergeant’s patrol car, police said.
The sergeant can be seen exiting his patrol car and yelling commands as he appears to empty two clips of ammunition into the man’s car. Other officers arrived and the man surrendered, police said.
No one was struck by any of the gunfire, police said.
The woman who was pistol whipped and two other people in other cars allegedly struck by Campos were transported to an area hospital with injuries that weren’t considered serious, police said.
Campos was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and was later placed in custody, police said. He remains in custody at the Fresno County Jail, according to records.
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