Officer Caleb Lenz of the Kansas City Missouri Police Department attempts to catch up to an officer that is in pursuit of a stolen vehicle that was spotted earlier in the evening. As he races to the scene, the officer radios shots fired and soon afterwards radios that he has been wounded in the gunfight. Officer Lenz arrives second on scene and finds another officer with the injured man and a witness frantically pointing out the direction in which the shooter traveled on foot. A quick search of the area turns up the shooter’s shedded clothing. A K-9 Unit tracks the shooter to a garage and when the man becomes confrontational the dog bites him as he is pulled from the shed. He is quickly detained and the semi-automatic weapon used in the gunfight is recovered. The young man is treated for his wounds as Officer Lenz talks to the K-9 Officer about the track. Lenz is given updated information that the wounded officer will be okay and is in good spirits.
Dash cam video being released today showing a shootout between an Altamonte Springs police officer and a hotel robbery suspect.
The shooting happened Thursday at a hotel on Douglas Avenue,in Altamonte Springs.
Police were investigating a robbery in progress.
Police pulled over a Ford Focus that matched the description of a vehicle reported to be leaving a robbery at the Remington Inn.
As the car was pulling over, passenger Franklin Ortiz-Castro started to open fire on the police officer though the car window.
Witnesses were just a few yards away during the exchange.
The police officer returned fire on the passenger, Castro, while the driver, Joshua Lopez bailed out, only to be tackled by Solitro and his son who were still standing nearby.
“We took him to the ground and then it was within moments that officers were everywhere,” Solitro said.
The driver, Lopez, was apparently a hostage in the situation. Castro was taken to a hospital, but his condition is unknown.
Apparently he suffered from several gunshot wounds during the exchange of fire.
Federal prosecutors have reached a plea deal with a man accused of shooting at a San Juan County sheriff’s deputy, so the sheriff’s department on Wednesday released video of the extended 2007 incident.
