Yuba City officer shot suspect who grabbed shovel while resisting arrest, police said
A suspect is in the hospital after he was shot by a Yuba City officer when he grabbed a shovel while resisting arrest on Thursday morning, police said.
Officers responded to the area near Bogue Road and Rapid Falls Drive around 9:15 a.m. for a report that a man was walking around naked and allegedly assaulted a family member at a nearby home.
Police said in an update on Friday that they located the suspect, later identified as 31-year-old Guillermo Figueroa of Yuba City, but he took off running. Officers said Figueroa physically resisted, saying multiple taser deployments and baton strikes were ineffective.
Figueroa then grabbed a shovel and attempted to strike officers, the police department said. Due to the threat, officers said one officer fired their weapon twice, wounding Figueroa in the torso.
He was taken to the hospital, where police said in their Friday update that he was in critical condition.
The family member who was assaulted suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The involved officers also suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the department said.
The Yuba Sutter Regional Officer-Involved Shooting Team amd the California Department of Justice are investigating the incident.