Clovis officer involved in shooting incident

CLOVIS — An attempt by the Clovis Police Department to serve a warrant Thursday afternoon resulted in an officer firing a shot at a suspect’s vehicle, records show.

The Clovis Police Department sent out a release Thursday evening indicating officers were attempting to locate Jesus Anaya, 26, on an outstanding warrant. According to the release:

• Once Anaya was located in the driver’s seat of a white pickup truck along the street, officers instructed him to exit the vehicle.

• Anaya was not compliant with officers, placed the truck in reverse and rammed a police vehicle before speeding away. In the course of the incident, an officer discharged his duty weapon.

Court records indicate Anaya had an outstanding warrant for possession of a controlled substance, and an additional warrant was filed Thursday for aggravated fleeing a law enforcement vehicle and criminal damage to property over $1,000.

According to the Thursday criminal complaint:

• An off-duty officer visited the department to drop off equipment, and told on-duty officers he saw Anaya across the street and believed there were active warrants for his arrest.

• Lt. James Gurule made first contact with Anaya, approaching the driver’s side window and asking for identification. Gurule told the investigating officer he recognized Anaya from prior incidents.

• Following three orders that were disregarded, Anaya’s truck went into reverse and backed into the front bumper of Gurule’s duty vehicle. Gurule struck the side windows with his flashlight, and fired a single shot with his duty pistol once the vehicle was ahead of him. Gurule said he fired at the rear driver’s side tire in an attempt to disable the vehicle.

• The truck was located in Farwell about an hour later, with a single bullet strike to the rear driver’s side rim.

Anybody with information is asked to contact the Clovis Police Department at 575-769-1921 or Crime Stoppers at 575-763-7000.