Incredible bodycam footage has emerged of a police offer giving chase to a pair of wanted criminals before opening fire through his windshield. The incident involved Las Vegas police officers William Umana and Paul Solomon, who were tasked with apprehending murder suspects Rene Nunez and Fidel Miranda – but these guys weren’t in the mood to be arrested.
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The footage shows Umana and Solomon speeding after a black SUV, before coming under fire from the two fugitives. “Shots fired” one of the officers bellowed down the police radio as he relayed his position and detailed where the suspects were headed. Then, as the two vehicles speed through the Las Vegas streets, the officers manage to catch up to the SUV and open fire out the window. As the chase continues, the officer attempts to end the chase by firing through his own windshield. It is a staggeringly dramatic scene that comes to a climax as the suspects plow into the side of a local school, Hollingsworth Elementary.
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The officers exit their vehicle and continue to fire upon the SUV as one suspect flees up some stairs into the school building. Miranda, who remained in the vehicle, was shot and killed by responding officers. Nunez, 30, was also wounded in the gunfight. He was later found hiding on school grounds and promptly arrested. The pair were thought to have perpetrated the July 11 shooting death of 25-year-old Thomas Romero in the city’s north side.
Nunez was remanded in jail on a string of serious charges: two counts of murder, three of attempted murder of police, and one of disobeying an officer resulting in death.
Both suspects had extensive criminal records.
Las Vegas Metro police Assistant Sheriff Tim Kelly said that law enforcement officials involved showed a “level of bravery, professionalism, heroics, that we come to expect of our officers,” according to Fox News.
“The officer could have backed off but he didn’t, he stuck with that individual knowing what type of individual he was dealing with.”
He added that the dramatic footage “paints a picture of the dangers these officers dealt with that day.”