Overview
- Antioch police released bodycam and store video from a Feb. 20 FoodMaxx robbery that shows an officer trapped in a suspect’s car and a leg shot that ended the chase.
- The footage shows a stolen SUV reversing through the store’s doors, a worker reporting a gun, and Officer Travis Donaldson getting pulled into the vehicle and driven about two miles.
- Inside the moving car, Donaldson warned the driver, tried to shift into neutral, struck his arm, then fired one round into the driver’s leg, which police say aimed to prevent a death.
- The SUV hit a parked car, the driver ran, officers found him hiding in bushes, and medics treated a non-life-threatening leg wound before booking him into jail.
- Prosecutors charged 23-year-old Dominick DeSouza with kidnapping, robbery and assault on a peace officer, and an investigation with the county DA is underway as the officers remain on leave.