According to CCPD, Ricardo Rojas was released from a hospital and transported to the City Detention Center for booking following last week\u2019s shootings.<\/p>\n
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi police have booked a man accused in a deadly westside shooting and a subsequent shootout with officers after he was released from medical care.<\/p>\n
According to Corpus Christi Police Department Public Information Officer Madeline Vaughn, Ricardo Rojas was discharged from a local hospital Tuesday and transported to the City Detention Center for booking.<\/p>\n
Vaughn said Rojas has been charged with four counts of attempted capital murder, one count of murder, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.<\/p>\n
Police say the charges stem from a series of shootings Friday afternoon that began near the intersection of Ayers Street and McArdle Road. Officers were initially called to that location around 2:45 p.m., where they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to a hospital and later died.<\/p>\n
The Nueces County Medical Examiner identified the victim as 39-year-old Daniel Suarez.<\/p>\n
Minutes later, police say officers located the suspect\u2019s vehicle and attempted a traffic stop near Port Avenue and Agnes Street. Authorities say a shootout followed between Rojas and responding officers.<\/p>\n
Two Corpus Christi police officers were shot during that encounter. Police said one officer has since been released from the hospital, while the other remains hospitalized in critical condition. A third officer was treated at the scene for minor injuries caused by shrapnel.<\/p>\n
Police previously said Rojas was hospitalized following the shootout and remained under police guard while receiving treatment.<\/p>\n
Vaughn said Rojas is now in custody at the City Detention Center as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to CCPD, Ricardo Rojas was released from a hospital and transported to the City Detention Center for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-140438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}