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

この警察動画はPoliceActivityが提供したもので、2025年12月7日にカリフォルニア州フレズノで起きた事件を取り上げています。パトロール中の警察官が、仮釈放後の保護観察中と認識していた男性に声をかけたところ、男性は偽名を名乗りました。もみ合いの中で男性は拳銃を抜いて警察官に発砲し、警察官の帽子が落ちました。容疑者がカーポートに逃げ込んだ際に警察官も発砲し、約1時間20分後にSWATと交渉担当者に投降しました。

• 偽名を名乗った男性への職務質問
• 容疑者が警察官に発砲し、帽子に被弾
• SWATと交渉担当者の対応後に投降

* (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�