UPDATE (June 26, 2023 3:17 pm)
The Porterville Police Department has confirmed in a press release that on Friday, June 26, 2023, the suspect in this case, Daryl Austin Young, was pronounced dead.
Police say the investigation is ongoing.
UPDATE (June 23, 2023 3:08 pm)
The Porterville Police Department has identified a man reported to be brandishing a firearm Thursday morning in the area of Leggett Street and Putnam Avenue as Daryl Young.
According to a press release from PPD, they found that Young is on active Post Release Community Supervision for domestic violence. Police say their records show Young has a history of violent crime, including assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, domestic violence, and making criminal threats.
Police say that Young intentionally shot the woman he was with, which is what prompted the officer to shoot Young. Both Young and the woman were taken to a hospital for surgery, and both remain in critical condition.
PPD also says the officer who shot Young has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of investigations by both the Tulare County Sheriff's Office and the Porterville Police Department.
Just before 7:30 on the morning of June 22, the Porterville Police Department received reports from the area of Leggett Street south of Putnam Avenue about a person who was threatening another person with a gun, according to a press release from PPD.
According to the release, officers arrived in the area and found the suspect, a male. He was walking with a woman, and officers said that when they confronted the couple, the man pulled out a gun and fired at the woman, hitting her. PPD says a Porterville officer then fired his gun at the man, hitting him.
Police say both the male suspect and the female victim, whose identity has been withheld, were injured and were transported to a hospital, and none of the officers involved were injured.
PPD says they also contacted the Tulare County Sheriff's Department, which is conducting a criminal investigation. Porterville Police are asking anyone with additional information about this incident to call their office at 559-782-7400.
