SAN DIEGO—An auto-theft suspect opened fire on San Diego police early Dec. 12 in a Mountain View-area neighborhood, wounding an officer, then holing up in a nearby apartment—prompting a nine-hour SWAT standoff that ended in his arrest.
The events that led to the shooting, which left the officer with apparently non-life-threatening injuries, began about 12:30 a.m., when patrol personnel tried to pull over the driver of a stolen Toyota in the area of Main and Thor streets in Barrio Logan, according to the San Diego Police Department.
The suspect refused to yield, leading officers on a pursuit over various surface streets and freeways….