Mario Valencia reportedly committed several crimes before police caught up with him, including an alleged arson at a church and invasion of a home, before stealing a rifle from Wal-mart.
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TUCSON, Arizona — SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO — Just released video shows an Officer ramming a suspect at a high rate of speed… a move that the Police Chief says saved the suspect, and many other peoples lives.
A gunshot is heard at the beginning of the video as the suspect is firing shots into the air, provoking the Officer. The suspect, Felon Mario Valencia, had been threatening suicide.
From CBS:“According to Marana police, Valencia was fleeing from a Walmart where he had allegedly stolen a rifle. He had already been intercepted by police near a post office, where he pointed the rifle at his head multiple times…”
“This was a dangerous felon who’d been on a crime spree throughout the morning,” Marana Police Sgt. Chris Warren told KOLD-TV in February. “He’d just stolen a weapon, loaded it, was not obeying commands from officers and was walking toward occupied businesses. It’s a busy time of morning, a lot of employees at work, a lot getting ready to come out for breaks, he’s walking toward those businesses. So we had to take immediate action and make sure he didn’t get inside those businesses.”
The Officer is not expected to be charged.
Watch the full video for separate dash-cam views — (GRAPHIC CONTENT):
