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.
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.
Christopher Marquez is wanted for allegedly opening fire on a bounty hunter trying to take him into custody last month.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A fugitive wanted in connection with two shootings within the last month was fatally shot by SWAT officers Tuesday morning during a standoff at San Diego High School, according to police.
Christopher Templo Marquez, 36, was shot by two SWAT officers at San Diego High School on Park Boulevard.
A San Diego police official told the station that the officers shot Marquez, who was seen carrying a rifle, after he pushed a woman he was holed up with to the ground and she began screaming.