Footage from a news helicopter showed that the driver of the tractor-trailer appeared to intentionally block the suspect.
The deputy, assigned to the Hesperia station, was shot in an Aldi parking lot and was airlifted a nearby trauma center, according to the department. A citizen reportedly found him in the parking lot and called in the "officer down" to dispatch using the officer's radio.
After a struggle and argument on the front porch, Swingle said he let his 4-month-old German Shepherd Keeper go after the suspect again. Swingle also retrieved his handgun and saw the suspect across the street trying to break into another house.
Police say the man was causing a disturbance inside The Range 702 and was asked to leave the business.
“I saw a tussle and a fist flying and was like, ‘Oh, let me check it out.’ As I got closer and approached above him, I saw he had the officer’s gun,” Vincent Williams said. “I said, ‘Let the gun go,’ and I asked the officer, ‘Do you feel comfortable grabbing your Taser?’ He said, Hold him.'”
“In that moment, my first thought was ‘I can’t let this man die in front of me’,” 22-year-old Dajour Keemer said.
“But when the shooting rang out, he didn’t just continue to film, like so many people are doing in this upside-down world. This young African-American male, who told me he was a gang member, that his life was way out there, but he’s found God and has turned his life around. He went and helped Officer Waller,” Chief Art Acevedo said.
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