Father: Suspect in officers’ slaying wanted to shoot police
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — In the minutes before two Palm Springs officers were fatally shot and a third wounded, the suspected gunman’s father told a neighbour his son was armed, “acting crazy” and wanted to shoot police.
John Felix, 26, was apprehended early Sunday after a lengthy standoff and will be charged this week with murder.
Police said Felix finally emerged wearing soft body armour and carrying ammunition but no weapon after police shot a chemical agent into the home where he had holed up. Investigators were trying to piece together what led up to a 911 call about a family disturbance that preceded the cold-blooded killings.
A neighbour, Frances Serrano, told The Associated Press that the suspect’s panicked father, Santos Felix, earlier said his son, an admitted gang member, had a gun.