Suicidal Pittsburg man wanted for felony assault, arrested following pursuit, jump off Antioch bridge, Monday
By Corporal Shawn Morin, Antioch Police Field Services Bureau
On Monday, January 11, 2016 at approximately 12:23 p.m., Antioch Police Officers were dispatched to a call for a suspect wanted on a felony assault from the previous night. He was identified as Sunny Pal of Pittsburg. Information provided to dispatch was Pal was suicidal and armed with a knife. Antioch Officers located Pal on Peppertree Way in his vehicle.
Upon contact, Pal fled in his vehicle and led officers on a four-mile pursuit. The pursuit was terminated at Wilbur Ave. and Hwy 160 when Pal got on the highway going the wrong direction.
Pal then turned around and drove over the Antioch Bridge going the right direction. As officers closed in, Pal turned around once again at the bottom of the bridge, driving back to the top of the bridge where he abandoned his vehicle.
Pal jumped off the peak of the Antioch Bridge into the river below. Pal survived the fall and was picked up by local fishermen in the area. The fisher men brought Pal to office rs waiting at the Antioch Pier. Pal was taken into custody without further incident. He was transported to a local area hospital for injuries sustained from the fall off the bridge.
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Sunny Pal
well, again
we should start serious discussions to stop high speed pursuits.
They do stop high speed pursuits all the time. There is a time and place for them and I leave that up to the officers in charge. They have the education to handle this. Did it have anything to do with his jumping? I doubt it. He was a fleeing felon trying to save his skin. I even doubt he was suicidal. He figured it was his only way to save his butt. And he was lucky.
Good job officers.