Blazing shootout at Ralph's. A Sgt. gets a round to the head and the shooter is dead...
SAN DIEGO, (December 7, 2023) — Recently released police bodycam video shows a dramatic and deadly gunfight between officers and a suspect at a Southern California grocery store.
The gun battle left the suspect dead and a San Diego police sergeant clinging to life with a bullet wound to the head.
The incident unfolded Dec. 7 around 11:30 p.m. as police were called to a Ralphs supermarket filled with shoppers.
A woman had called 911 to say her car had been stolen several days earlier by someone she knew after an incident of domestic violence - and she had spotted the vehicle in the parking lot of a Ralphs. She said she didn't approach him because he was armed with a gun.
The man, later identified as 46-year-old Curtis Harris, was also supposed to be served with an emergency court protective order.
As several officers enter the store to confront Harris, he runs out the front door where another officer tries to stop him.
Harris weaves his way through some shopping carts, pulls out a gun and jumps over a low wall, then opens fire at close range, shooting Sgt. Anthony Elliot in the head.
As the other officers leave the store and chase after him, he shoots at them.
They fire back, striking Harris and ultimately killing him.
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Sergeant Anthony Elliott, a six-year member of the San Diego Police Department, shot in the head following a routine call continues to improve. After two weeks at Scripps La Jolla, Elliot is now heading to a special neurology center in Colorado.
He was transferred out of state for some specialized treatment because he still cannot walk.
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