Man pleads guilty to shooting SDPD officer in Mountain View

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Man pleads guilty to shooting SDPD officer in Mountain View
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SAN DIEGO - A man who shot a San Diego police officer following a chase in a stolen vehicle pleaded guilty this week to charges that include attempted murder on a peace officer.Andrew Joseph Garcia, 22, faces up to 47 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced for shooting Officer Javier Hernandez three times at a Mountain View apartment complex just before 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 12, 2022.

, about a half-hour after Hernandez was shot, Garcia posted, 'I killed a cop' and described being surrounded by SWAT officers.The pursuit began after Hernandez and his partner spotted an SUV that pulled out of a Logan Heights alleyway 'pretty quick' and was discovered to be stolen following a license plate check, Hernandez testified.The chase took both the SUV and the officers on and off the freeway until the SUV stopped at an apartment complex on South 45th Street.

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