The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has charged a Pleasant Hill resident with nine felony counts for attempted murder of peace officers, assault with a firearm, and injuring a spouse.
40-year-old Chunliam Nai Saechao is being held without bail in the Martinez Detention Facility.
He will be arraigned on charges stemming from a December 8 incident whereby Saechao –
– a retired Pittsburg Police officer who may have suffered a mental health episode — barricaded himself in his home for almost three days after he shot at his wife while she was trying to gain entrance to their residence.
During the protracted standoff with police, Saechao shot at officers who were in the process of evacuating residents from nearby homes. Bullets also struck a police vehicle during the evacuation, which had two officers inside.
The officers inside the vehicle did not sustain any injuries.
The complaint filed with the court today lists two counts of attempted murder of a peace officer [PC 187(a)], one count of injuring a spouse [PC 273.5(a)], and six counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer or firefighter [PC 245(d)(1)]. The charges also come with enhancements for discharging or using a firearm in the offenses.
His suicide by cop plan backfired on him, now he’ll be spending the rest of his life in prison. Once word gets out that he is an ex-cop, the rest of his life will not be very long.
Once he tried killing his wife, he lost all respect. P.H should’ve burn down that house to get rid of him so everyone in the area could go home and get things back to normal. Waiting almost 3 days was complete b.s.. Mayor of P.H. Is a sissy as well.
Ur a POS…I know the mayor and he’s a good man.
that’s all he got ?
What other charges would you bring? He’s in jail, will get a prison sentence after trial and that’s it. What else did you expect to see at this point?
So he shoots his wife and it’s’ injuring a spouse’ but no cops get hit and it’s attempted murder? I rest my ‘effing case.
Any word on the condition of the wife?