The suspect injured in the Officer Involved Shooting yesterday has been released from the hospital and is identified as 18-year-old Joseph Villafan. Villafan is charged with one count of aggravated assault, possession of a weapon by a prohibited possessor, discharging a firearm in city limits, theft of means of transportation, and leaving the scene of an accident. He is also charged with two counts of criminal damage and two counts of criminal trespassing.
In the course of the investigation detectives learned Villafan fired his weapon during the incident and the handgun subsequently malfunctioned. This post includes a stock photo of the weapon seized on scene. The female passenger was not charged.
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