A man accused of trying to grab a CHP officer's gun during an altercation the freeway in Mission Valley, was ordered Friday to stand trial.
SAN DIEGO - A man accused of trying to grab a California Highway Patrol officer's gun during an altercation on Interstate 8 in Mission Valley, leaving the lawman shot in the leg, was ordered Friday to stand trial on charges that include attempted murder of a peace officer.
At Du's preliminary hearing on Friday morning, a CHP investigator who interviewed Du testified that the defendant stated he was suffering from mental health issues that left him hospitalized on numerous occasions leading up to the shooting and that voices in his head commanded him to crash his car into the center median of the freeway.
Pacheco, 32, testified that Du was not responsive to questions, and with a"thousand-yard stare," the defendant"appeared as if he was staring right through me." Pacheco testified that both of Du's hands were clamped on his holstered pistol. In order to get him to loosen his grasp, Pacheco punched Du four times"as hard as I could," to no avail.The gun discharged while still holstered in Pacheco's belt and the bullet passed through his right thigh. In addition to the gunshot wound, Pacheco tore a tendon in his hand while punching Du and had to be hospitalized multiple times for blood clots in his lungs and leg, he testified.
One of Du's defense attorneys, Robert Harton, questioned Search about statements Du made regarding his mental health struggles.
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