Police have arrested the Pleasant Hill man who allegedly shot his wife, then fired shots at police during a hours-long standoff in the Sherman Acres neighborhood off Monument Blvd.
The following update is from the Pleasant Hill Police Department:
This morning at around 7:52 am Chunliam Saechao exited his residence and surrendered to the FBI SWAT Team without further incident.
The FBI SWAT team was summoned early this morning to relieve Central County SWAT who intended to return to the scene at 2:00 pm, if necessary.
Mr. Saechao will be booked on several felonies to include assault with a deadly weapon and attempted homicide on a police officer.
We acknowledge this prolonged and serious event caused great disruption and stoked fear within the Sherman Acres neighborhood and the surrounding community. De-escalation tactics, including disengagement, are routinely utilized in hope for peaceful resolutions, such as this one.
Even after disengaging with the suspect during the early morning hours of December 8, the community’s safety and security was consistently monitored and constantly assessed. Police officers remained ready in the area, and we continued to monitor Mr. Saechao’s social media activity.
We are relieved that the tactics employed led to a peaceful resolution, avoiding any bodily injuries or fatalities to members of law enforcement or the surrounding community.
Disengagement is an odd strategy but am glad to hear PHPD monitored the property and surroundings. I’m thankful no member of the general public was injured.
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However, PHPD’s stating that Mr. Saechao was “not a threat” is false. Since when does a suspect shoot another person and is knowingly armed while holed up in his residence not deemed to be a potential threat?
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My understanding is that he’s a retired LEO and that was likely why he was given a lot of leeway.
Kudos to the Pleasant Hill PD’s response — pretty humane. Other agencies might have bombarded the house with smoke bombs, with the inevitable outcome of an emerging and shooting suspect shot by cops.
Get your head out if your hershey highway dude!
Diagnosis: Anal-optical inversion.
He shot his wife. Where is the humanity in that?
It is better when they can cause a fatality on the criminal. Too bad.
FBI SWAT? You sure it wasn’t the Sheriff’s SWAT team that talked him out?
When I read “FBI SWAT” I assumed it was really the FBI HRT and/or FBI CNU. That group trains in tactics comparable to Navy SEALs. They are very skilled at psych-ops among other things and would be able to talk former LEO out of the house.
FBI SWAT is not the same as FBI HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) or FBI Enhanced SWAT.
FBI SWAT are part-time teams made up of local agents from their local FBI field offices. There are 56 FBI SWAT teams. FBI SWAT is trained to serve warrants and intervene in high-risk incidents such as active shooters, barricaded suspects, or protection for personnel or dignitaries.
In addition the FBI also has 14 Enhanced SWAT teams nationwide.
FBI HRT is a full-time team also made up of specially trained agents chosen nationwide to provide a tactical capability with the ability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout the United States or her territories within 4 hours. The primary roles of the HRT are hostage rescue and counter-terrorism operations.
BLUE KNIGHT,
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I don’t think I’ve seen a “Blue Knight” reference since the mid-1970s George Kennedy TV series “The Blue Knight.”
There’s a city other side of Kirker Pass and out east that historically has opted for body bags instead of Police overtime.
Did the dog survive? He had a death grip on a dog in one of the photos he tweeted. Really hoping it survived this lunatic.
D.A. Diana Becton was paid for her position by George Soros aka Satan. He donated hundreds of thousands of $$$$$$$$$ to the c.c. county elections to keep her in place. C.c. county is a catch and release playhouse. Police were told to STAND DOWN and to tell the public ” it’s OK folks, all he did was SHOOT SOMEBODY” you can come out of your homes and play now! What a crock of sheet! We need to exercise our 2nd ammendment rights people. It’s a free for all out there. Police don’t do squat anymore because they’re told to do NOTHING from higher up thanks to that witch D. Becton!
Got news for you. The DA ( who is awful) has nothing to do with situations like this. They don’t give the cops instructions, and if they did the cops would ignore her.. And there is always an armchair commando cheering to kill someone. Easy to do .
He’s a former police detective. That’s why they handled the situation differently I believe. A tiny bit of respect for one of their own in a time of mental crisis.
He was a Pittsburg police officer. Probably knew members of the SWAT that were out front.
The Chief admits he made the bad decision; he accepts accountability.
Expect his retirement soon….
The message being it’s ok to shoot your wife, but not the police.
Contra Contra SO peewee SWAT team no longer does anything but loan out their vehicles. Unfortunately the SO did not want their regional asset used and they were not there on Friday night. That is why ALCO and Concord had their armored vehicles out there.