An Indian-American teenager, wanted on a felony firearms possession warrant, was shot dead by a California police after he opened fire on them, officials said.<\/p>\n
The individual, identified as Nathaniel Prasad, 18, was shot dead on April 5, according to an investigation report released by the Freemont Police Department on Thursday.<\/p>\n
He was wanted on a felony probation warrant and a misdemeanour evading arrest warrant for fleeing from a Fremont School Resource Officer on March 22.<\/p>\n
On April 5, the Fremont Police Department\u2019s Street Crimes Unit identified Prasad as a passenger in a vehicle that was being driven by a female in Fremont area.<\/p>\n
The vehicle was known to be associated with Prasad.<\/p>\n
Soon the information was broadcast over the police radio about the vehicle and the active warrants and requested marked patrol units to assist with a traffic stop.<\/p>\n
Thereafter, two patrol officers responded to the area, activated their emergency lights and siren, and stopped the suspect vehicle just prior to the intersection of Fremont Blvd. and Nicolet Ave.<\/p>\n
According to the investigation report, the driver of the vehicle stopped and Prasad fled from the right passenger side of the car on foot.<\/p>\n
One of the patrol officers followed Prasad to the rear of a nearby petrol station. The officer, soon stopped his vehicle and quickly got out to confront Prasad.<\/p>\n
Prasad pulled a firearm from his waist area and it appears that he fired one to two shots in the direction of the officer, police said.<\/p>\n
The officer drew his duty weapon, returned fire and broadcast over the police radio that the suspect had a gun.<\/p>\n
Prasad ran back toward Fremont Blvd.<\/p>\n
This interaction was captured on video surveillance and was corroborated by statements of the involved officer and witnesses at the scene, the local police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Additional police officers were rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n
During the time the six officers were giving chase, Prasad pulled a gun from his waist area, pointed it in the direction of the officers and it appears he fired at least one round.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis interaction is corroborated by the statements of the involved officers, statements of witnesses, the body worn camera footage and in-car camera footage of the event,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n
In response, the officers shot in the direction of Prasad, striking him several times, causing him to fall, it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the ground, Prasad still had the weapon in his hand and officers fired additional rounds,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n
Fremont Fire paramedics who arrived on the scene announced Prasad was deceased shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n
No officers were injured during the incident, the police said.<\/p>\n
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Prasad\u2019s mother. She was transported back to the Fremont Police Department where she provided a statement to investigators.<\/p>\n
The firearm in Prasad\u2019s possession was a .22 caliber revolver.<\/p>\n
When officers examined the weapon at the scene, it had three spent casings and three empty cylinders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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