Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Police involved in fatal shooting in San Mateo County will not be charged

By Bay City News

The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that five police officers involved in a shooting that killed a domestic violence suspect in Redwood City in November 2022 will not be charged in the case.

Abran Gutierrez, 36, was killed in a shooting Nov. 15 on El Camino Real, a main thoroughfare in the city near the intersection with Maple Street, police and prosecutors said.

Luke Shoats, William Wolfe, Nicholas Muniz, Victor Figueroa and Jose Montoya were the five officers who opened fire on Gutierrez after a confrontation in which he