Bullet Tears Through Officers Hat During Close Call Shootout With Armed Suspect

Policière, diffusée par PoliceActivity, relate un incident survenu à Fresno, en Californie, le 7 décembre 2025. Un policier en patrouille a contacté un homme qu'il savait placé sous supervision communautaire après libération, et celui-ci a donné un faux nom. Pendant la lutte, l'homme a sorti une arme de poing et tiré sur l'agent, faisant tomber sa casquette. Les policiers ont riposté alors que le suspect se réfugiait dans un abri de voitures, puis il s'est rendu environ 1 heure 20 minutes plus tard aux équipes SWAT et aux négociateurs.

• Contrôle d'un homme ayant donné un faux nom
• Le suspect tire sur l'agent et lui fait tomber sa casquette
• Reddition après l'intervention des équipes SWAT et des négociateurs

* (Disclaimer: The content in this video is intended for educational and informational purposes only) Fresno, California — On December 7, 2025, Fresno Police Officer #1 was patrolling in the area of West Clinton Avenue and Northwest Avenue when he observed two men standing in an alleyway near a warming fire. The officer recognized one of the men as 41-year-old Bradley Nicholson, who he knew to be on post-release community supervision. Officers #2 and #3 were arriving at the location in a patrol vehicle and stopped behind officer #1's patrol vehicle. Nicholson provided a false name of Jason instead of his true name, Bradley, when officer #1 contacted him. Nicholson resisted officer #1's attempt to detain him while claiming he was not on parole, but knew he was on post-release community supervision. Officer #1 warned Nicholson that if he failed to comply, a taser would be used. During the struggle with officer #1, Nicholson pulled a handgun. Officer #1 released Nicholson and backed away. Nicholson fired at officer #1, striking the ball cap he was wearing and knocking it off his head. Officer #1 felt the burning sensation of the bullet passing through his hair. Officer #1 discharged his service weapon and pursued Nicholson as he ran away. Seconds later, officer #2 yelled, "Freeze Police" and "Show Me Your Hands" and then discharged his service weapon as Nicholson ran into a carport while still armed with the handgun. Seconds later, officer #2 exited his vehicle and saw the suspect running westbound in the alley armed with a handgun. In a post incident statement, officer #2 said he witnessed officer #1's hat fly off his head and believed Nicholson had shot and possibly killed officer #1. Officer #2 yelled, "Freeze Police" and "Show Me Your Hands" and then discharged his service weapon as Nicholson ran behind several vehicles in a carport while still armed with the handgun. Officers attempted to deescalate and convince Nicholson to drop the weapon and surrender peacefully. Nicholson was not cooperative and was seen by officer #1 smoking methamphetamine from a pipe. Officer #1 could also see that Nicholson was injured. The Fresno Police Department SWAT team and crisis negotiations unit arrived to take over communications with Nicholson. Approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes after Nicholson fired at officer #1, he dropped his firearm and surrendered. Nicholson was taken into custody without further incident. Nicholson had sustained a gunshot wound to his left cheek. He was transported to a hospital in critical but stable condition and survived his injury. Officer #1 received no physical injury after being shot at by the suspect. Nicholson was armed with a Lorcin .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun. No officers or uninvolved community members were injured during this incident. 🚨𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙�