Man Shot Dead By Sheriff's Deputy In Bay Point
BAY POINT (CBS SF) - An Antioch man who was shot and killed by a Contra Costa County sheriff's deputy in Bay Point early Monday morning has been identified as 24-year-old Johnny Angel Ochoa, sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said.
The incident began at 1:15 a.m. when two deputies stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of Hanlon Way.
The deputies ran a check on the driver and discovered that he had allegedly given them a false name. It was later determined that Ochoa was wanted on a no-bail warrant for child endangerment and vandalism, Lee said.
Ochoa, who had initially turned off his car, restarted his engine, Lee said.
A deputy tried to shut off the car by removing the key from the ignition, but Ochoa allegedly accelerated with the deputy still partially inside the vehicle, Lee said.
As he accelerated, Ochoa struck the second deputy with his vehicle and that deputy, fearing for his and his partner's lives, shot Ochoa, according to Lee.
Ochoa stopped a short distance away. He was transported to John Muir Medical Center in Concord, where he died from a gunshot wound to his abdomen, Lee said.
One of the deputies suffered minor injuries and both have been placed on paid administrative leave while the sheriff's office and the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office investigate the case.
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