DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO
SWAT snipers shot and killed a wanted man April 13 after they reported seeing him armed with a gun and “holding back” his girlfriend at the end of a long standoff at San Diego High School, according to video released Thursday.
The body-worn camera footage released by San Diego police showed the moments before two SWAT snipers killed 36-year-old Christopher Templo Marquez, as well as the moments afterward, when SWAT officers swarmed a dumpster where Marquez had holed up with his girlfriend.
Because of Marquez’s position in the trash bin, and the positions SWAT officers had taken up for safety, the footage did not capture Marquez being shot.
NATIONAL CITY
A woman who hunkered down overnight in a San Diego trash bin alongside a fugitive during a SWAT standoff had spent several days on the run with him, a National City police official said Wednesday.
Janeth Iriarte, 33, was with fugitive Christopher Marquez during an 11-hour standoff that ended Tuesday morning when San Diego police shot Marquez to death, fearing he was about to kill Iriarte. Police pulled Iriarte from the container uninjured.
Hours later, National City police booked Iriarte into jail on suspicion of vehicle theft and being an accessory to a crime after the fact. She is accused of helping Marquez lay low after he opened fire on police in the South County city last week. It’s not clear if or when she will be arraigned on the charges, and it was not immediately known if she had an attorney.
South Bay shooting suspect dead after standoff at San Diego High School
ABC 10News
Posted at 5:31 PM, Apr 13, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-13 20:31:59-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) A man suspected in two shootings in the South Bay within the last month was shot and killed by SWAT officers Tuesday during a lengthy standoff on the campus of San Diego High School.
San Diego police officials confirmed 36-year-old Christopher Marquez was fatally shot by two SWAT officers Tuesday morning. Officials said Marquez was seen carrying a weapon they described as a rifle.
According to police, SWAT officers at the scene had a clear view of the dumpster where Marquez and an unidentified woman were hiding following a pursuit Monday evening.
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO
A fugitive suspected of shooting at police and private investigators three times within the last month was shot and killed by SWAT officers Tuesday morning, following an overnight standoff in downtown San Diego.
Christopher Templo Marquez, 36, had been holed up in a large trash bin on the campus of San Diego High School for about 11 hours, San Diego police said. Officers opened fire believing he was about to shoot a woman with him in the dumpster.
Police homicide Lt. Matt Dobbs said Marquez had grown increasingly agitated as the standoff stretched on, and he started to take it out on the woman. Police heard Marquez make comments, then saw him push the woman into a position where they believed he was about to shoot her.
A man allegedly opened fire on law enforcement officers Monday night and is holed up in a dumpster with another person on the San Diego High School campus.