MODESTO — Modesto police on Thursday released footage of a mid-March officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of a suspect.
Chief of Police Brandon Gillespie detailed the events of the March 17 incident in a video news release posted to social media.
Gillespie said the incident began shortly before 12:30 p.m. that day when a caller reported to police that they had seen a man — later identified by police as 40-year-old Modesto resident Jimmy Rupe — at a Max Muscle nutritional supplement store on Dale Road who had outstanding warrants and was likely armed…