Fresno police release video of officer striking armed suspect with patrol car

Fresno police have released body camera, dash camera, and security footage of an August 20 incident in which an officer struck an armed suspect with a patrol car during a foot chase near the River Park Shopping Center.

Police say the suspect, 18-year-old George Ruiz, fired a gun at a passing vehicle in a restaurant parking lot at N. Blackstone and E. El Paso avenues around 5:30 p.m. No one in the vehicle was injured.

An officer on an unrelated call in the River Park area heard the gunfire and ran toward it…

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