{"id":13674,"date":"2016-10-18T04:57:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T04:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=13674"},"modified":"2016-10-18T04:57:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T04:57:03","slug":"california-officers-spared-after-gunmans-weapon-jams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/california-officers-spared-after-gunmans-weapon-jams.html","title":{"rendered":"California officers spared after gunman’s weapon jams"},"content":{"rendered":"

California officers spared after gunman’s weapon jams<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

California officers spared after gunman’s weapon jams:-<\/strong> A man wearing body armor pointed an assault rifle at two police officers in a California Starbucks, only to have the weapon malfunction before he fled and was shot by the officers nearby, police said Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou called it an “attempted assassination” of the two officers, who were on break when the confrontation occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n

The officers were caught off-guard and “were ambushed by somebody who has superior firepower,” the chief said.<\/span><\/p>\n

It marked the latest attack on police across the country, including two incidents in California in recent weeks that left a total of three law enforcement officers dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police in Vallejo said Adam Powell, 41, had passed by the Starbucks six minutes earlier, apparently planning the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video from a nearby security camera showed a man walking up to the coffee shop and then sprinting away seconds later, with at least one officer chasing him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police said Powell appeared to keep trying to clear his weapon as he ran. Officers shot him three times about 100 feet from the Starbucks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resident Jazmin Addison said she heard more than a dozen shots at the corner outside her home. Addison later looked out to see a man lying on the ground, surrounded by officers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Powell was in critical condition but stable on Monday. Police Lt. Jeff Bassett said authorities expect to arraign him within the next few days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police said Powell’s weapon never fired. A photo provided by police showed an assault rifle bearing wear marks and duct tape. Bassett said the gun was operable except for the jam.<\/span><\/p>\n

The man also carried a loaded handgun, police said. They described his body armor as “police-style.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Six hours before that confrontation, police responding to a shooting in Suisun City, 20 miles away, found Powell’s 2-year-old son critically wounded in a family home. Powell was not there when police arrived, and other relatives told police the child had accidentally shot himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police want to question Powell about the boy’s shooting and about the confrontation with police in Vallejo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police said they did not know if Powell, who had a felony record of robbery and drug offenses, had expressed any anger toward police.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Vallejo shooting came amid growing national attention to police shootings of suspects, and to attacks on police.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a memorial service will honor two officers killed in Palm Springs, California, while responding to a domestic disturbance at the home of an ex-convict.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Palm Springs shooting occurred just three days after a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant was shot and killed in the high desert town of Lancaster while answering a burglary call.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Officers I think around the country are at a heightened state of alert now,” the Vallejo chief said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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