SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A veteran San Bernardino police officer who was shot in the head last week remains in critical condition in an induced coma.
Police Lt. Rich Lawhead said Monday that there’s been no change in the status of 31-year-old Officer Gabriel Garcia, who was shot as he and a partner approached a group of people early Friday.
Lawhead says Garcia’s family is with him at the hospital and they are hopeful.
Garcia’s partner returned fire and hit the suspect, 28-year-old Alex Alvarado, who died at a hospital.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/1t7d0nO ) reports that Alvarado was a fugitive who had violated his probation in a DUI case. He also had prior convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and grand theft.
