Garden Grove : Police Wound Man Who They Say Pointed Gun
A 70-year-old man who allegedly pointed a shotgun at three Garden Grove Police officers was slightly injured when two of the officers shot at him, police said Saturday.
Sgt. Larry Fischbeck said Thap Nguyen suffered a superficial wound to the neck when the two officers fired at him shortly after 5 p.m. Friday.
He said Officers Mark Hutchinson, Brian Kittinger and Roosevelt Lodge were called a to house at 10112 Jennrich Ave. and found Nguyen hiding in the bushes, armed with a shotgun.
Fischbeck said the elderly man stepped out from the bushes and pointed the shotgun at the officers. The officers fired after Nguyen ignored orders to drop the weapon, he said.
Nguyen was booked into the Orange County Jail on suspicion of assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon. Fischbeck said it was not known why the man was hiding in the bushes with the weapon.
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