San Diego Harbor Police Officers Who Opened Fire on Gun-Wielding Man ID’d

Authorities Friday publicly recognized three San Diego Harbor Police personnel who opened hearth final weekend on a gun-wielding man exterior their bayside headquarters, leaving him critically wounded.

SDHP Lt. Victor Banuelos, Sgt. Scott Ferraioli and Officer James Macmaster fired on Eric Medina, 29, as he allegedly pointed a handgun at them in entrance of their precinct home within the 3300 block of North Harbor Drive early Sunday afternoon, in accordance with the San Diego Police Division.

The occasions that led to the regulation enforcement gunfire started about 1:30 p.m., when Medina used a name field exterior the police constructing to request help, SDPD Lt. Jud Campbell mentioned.

Macmaster went exterior and located Medina sitting in a grey Honda Civic in a parking space, Campbell mentioned. Because the lawman approached, Medina allegedly pulled a pistol on him, prompting him to retreat, take cowl behind a pillar and name for backup.

After different Harbor Police personnel arrived, the suspect allegedly pointed his gun of their route as nicely, prompting Banuelos, Ferraioli and Macmaster to open hearth, Campbell mentioned. Wounded by at the least one gunshot, Medina dropped the weapon and was taken into custody.

Paramedics took the suspect to a trauma middle, the place he was admitted in essential situation.

Medina stays within the hospital, the place he was arraigned this week on expenses of assault with a lethal weapon on peace officers, Campbell mentioned.

The SDPD Murder Unit has taken cost of investigating the case, as is customary protocol when regulation enforcement shootings happen within the metropolis of San Diego.

Banuelos has been employed by the Harbor Police for twenty-four years, Ferraioli for 22 years and Macmaster for seven years.

— Metropolis Information Service, Inc.