{"id":86738,"date":"2025-12-08T22:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86738\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:42:10","slug":"fresno-police-officer-shot-at-by-wanted-felon-suspect-wounded-in-return-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86738\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police Officer Shot at by Wanted Felon, Suspect Wounded in Return Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fresno police officer was shot at by a convicted felon during a struggle in an alley Sunday evening, leading to an officer-involved shooting that left the suspect hospitalized, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Around 6:45 p.m., an officer contacted a suspicious man near Clinton and West avenues, the Fresno Police Department said. During the encounter, the man, later identified as 41-year-old Bradley Nicholson, fought with the officer, pulled out a gun and fired once. The round struck the officer\u2019s department-issued baseball cap but did not injure him.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-222493 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hat-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>The hat the officer was wearing while they were shot at in Fresno on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Fresno PD)<\/p>\n<p>Two officers returned fire, hitting Nicholson once in the upper body. He was taken to Community Regional Medical Center, where police said he is in critical but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholson, who is on Post Release Community Supervision for burglary, also had a felony warrant issued in September. He remains in custody at the hospital and will be booked into the Fresno County Jail after his release on suspicion of attempted murder of a police officer and multiple firearm charges.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the sixth officer-involved shooting involving Fresno police in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fresno police officer was shot at by a convicted felon during a struggle in an alley Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-86738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}