The Watsonville Police Department released video footage Friday showing one of its officers shooting and injuring a man who has been charged with the murder of a 25-year-old woman.
WATSONVILLE — The release to the agency’s social media page comes while attorneys for defendant Joshua Gonzalez-Martinez, 25, of Watsonville, are seeking to have bail set for their client as he awaits arraignment., along with closed captions and a voice-over, reveals new information from the Aug. 3 encounter, including 911 audio of Gonzalez-Martinez speaking with a dispatcher, whom he called after 9 p.m. from in front of the Watsonville Police Department.
While Gonzalez-Martinez and the dispatcher continued speaking, an officer drove into the parking lot and stopped behind the vehicle. Earlier this month, Santa Cruz County Assistant District Attorney Michael Mahan filed an opposition to the setting of bail for Gonzalez-Martinez, who remained held Friday without bail in the Santa Cruz County Jail.Crime and Public Safety |In an Aug. 13 filing detailing his objections to bail setting, Mahan wrote that Gonzalez-Martinez, the 3-year-old child and Arceo-Sedano had attended the Watsonville Strawberry Festival earlier on the day of the shooting.
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