San Diego Police release bodycam footage of fatal Talmadge shooting
and last updated 2021-08-03 02:17:03-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â San Diego Police have released body camera and helicopter footage of the events leading up to a fatal officer-involved shooting in the Talmadge area last month.
In the footage, officers are seen chasing the suspect, identified as 22-year-old Jesus Salvador Valeta, on July 23 just after 9 p.m. after he fled a vehicle near 54th Street and El Cajon Boulevard that was being pursued by police.
The foot pursuit took the officers to a nearby fast-food restaurant at the corner of El Cajon Blvd. and Marcellena Rd. before the shooting occurred behind the restaurant, feet away from vehicles waiting in the drive-thru line.
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San Diego police released the names of two officers who shot and killed a man last week in Talmadge following a pursuit involving a carload of men believed to be involved in two shootings earlier the same day.
Police said the man who was killed in the July 23 shooting, identified this week as 22-year-old Jesus Salvador Valeta, ran from the car while armed with a gun.
Officers Gregory Bergman and Anthony Guerra shot at Valeta behind a fast food restaurant on El Cajon Boulevard near 54th Street, homicide Lt. Matt Dobbs said.
Valeta was struck at least once and died at a hospital.