California bail agent shot in the face during attempted arrest has recovered

A California bail bond agent who suffered a gunshot to the face whereas monitoring a warrant suspect has recovered, officers mentioned.

Fugitive Warrants agent Jesse Nunez and his accomplice tried to apprehend the suspect Friday after they had been tipped off about his location when an altercation occurred, FOX 5 of San Diego reported.

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Nunez and his accomplice, who was not recognized, had been instructed the warrant suspect had fled right into a vacant constructing in El Cajon after they pursued him and tried to subdue him, they mentioned.

“At one level in the course of the wrestle, we tasered him a number of instances, which weren’t efficient,” Nunez defined, in keeping with the report.

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Throughout their wrestle, the suspect used a firearm in opposition to the brokers and fled the scene, FOX 5 reported.

“He pulled out a firearm in the course of the course of the wrestle and shot me as soon as within the cheek, which exited the left ear,” added Nunez, who was taken to the hospital and has since recovered, Fox 5 reported.

As of Friday night and into Saturday morning, the warrant suspect who is needed for “drug gross sales and felon in possession of a firearm whereas on possession of medicine” remains to be evading officers.