Chunliam Saechao is being charged with multiple counts of attempted murder of peace officers and assault with a deadly weapon on peace officers in relation to the lengthy standoff outside his Pleasant Hill home.
A retired police detective had killing police officers on his mind and wanted to goad them into a firefight that would result in his death and those of officers, the city's police chief said Monday in defending his department's decision initially to "disengage" hours after crisis counselors and a SWAT team came to the scene.
Pleasant Hill Police Chief Scott Vermillion on Monday defended his decisions relating to two standoffs involving an ex-Pittsburg police detective accused of shooting and injuring his wife.
Pleasant Hill police say the second-round stand-off between officers and a suspected shooter ended the way they had hoped – with the former police officer accused of shooting his wife, surrendering to them peacefully, with no one dead or injured.