Daniel Garcia, the man whom SF police say threw pipe bombs at responding officers on a chase across the The City, was previously convicted in a 2011 Bay Area car bombing, according to federal court records.
Daniel Garcia, a 42-year-old Concord resident, is in police custody across the bridge after he allegedly threw multiple pipe bombs at San Francisco police officers during a chase that crossed city lines.
ABC 7A suspect threw an explosive device at police officers pursuing him during a car chase in San Francisco on Sunday evening, according to reports. The dramatic incident began when officers were called to a report of an assault at Saints Peter and Paul Church, in which the suspect took communion before allegedly attacking one of the other parishioners. He was then chased out of the church and fled from police in a vehicle. During the chase, police say the suspect threw “suspicious devices” out
In the early 1900s, many young Italian Americans were drawn to street gangs until a Catholic priest from Turin appeared at Saints Peter and Paul Church