A person who allegedly aimed his automobile at Livermore police earlier than they shot and wounded him practically three years in the past has pleaded no contest to assault upon a peace officer, based on Alameda County courtroom paperwork.
The Alameda County District Legal professional’s Workplace initially charged Matthew Kelly, 41, with tried homicide for his actions on Jan. 22, 2020. Prosecutors are not pursuing that cost.
Kelly suffered a single gunshot wound to his leg when Livermore law enforcement officials fired at him throughout a site visitors cease on Airway Boulevard in Livermore, simply south of the Kitty Hawk Highway intersection close to Interstate 580.
In response to police, officers had pulled over an individual suspected of driving below the affect at about 3:25 a.m. Because the officers walked that driver off the roadway and onto a non-public entry street, Kelly drove up in a Kia Soul.
Police stated Kelly accelerated the Kia intentionally towards the officers in an try to run them over.
Two Livermore officers fired as they scattered, police stated. Solely Kelly was injured.
The Kia stalled after it tried to make a U-turn on the entry street. Kelly finally received it to begin and briefly drove it previous police earlier than stalling once more, police stated.
Medics handled him on the scene and an ambulance took him to a hospital. His accidents weren't life-threatening.
Info on Kelly’s sentencing was not obtainable instantly. Livermore police didn't reply instantly to a request for remark.