Career Criminal In Sacramento County Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Officer-Involved Shooting

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A vocation transgression successful Sacramento County has been convicted of the attempted premeditated execution of a bid serviceman and aggregate battle charges related to an officer-involved shooting that happened backmost successful 2017.

Jimmy Vang, of Sacramento, fired shots astatine authorities backmost successful June 2017 and led them connected a high-speed chase.

A sheriff’s lawman stopped a conveyance successful the country of Fruitridge Road and Stockton Boulevard for a conveyance codification violation. Vang got retired of the rider broadside of the conveyance and fired respective shots astatine 3 deputies astatine the scene, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said.

As Vang got backmost successful the vehicle, 1 lawman returned occurrence arsenic the conveyance sped away. The operator of the conveyance pulled backmost implicit and Vang attempted to get distant connected foot, the territory attorney’s bureau said.

The operator of the conveyance led a chase, which ended successful a clang successful Yolo County.

Prosecutors said Vang was aboriginal located driving on Florin Road. He reportedly led a pursuit that reached speeds of up to 130 miles per hr and nearly caused aggregate collisions arsenic helium drove into oncoming traffic.

Prosecutors said. Vang yet crashed and again attempted to get distant connected ft but was arrested. During the ft chase, Vang had tried to carjack a civilian.

The weapon Vang utilized was ne'er found.

Vang has a transgression past spanning much than 20 years and 16 convictions. His crimes see conveyance theft, burglary, individuality theft and recognition paper theft.

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Vang present faces much than 57 years to beingness successful prison. He is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected January 14.