Teenage Gang Member Armed With a Rifle is Shot by Merced Deputy When He Shot Her in The Ear

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Merced County, California — On April 29, 2023, around 1:00 p.m., Merced County Sheriff’s Deputies received information about potential gang members with firearms in the area of the Winton cemetary. Deputy Nasir Wali responded to the scene and observed several subjects run out of the cemetery and enter a vehicle. Deputy Wali attempted to stop the vehicle, however, the suspects failed to stop and a chase began. Deputy Lucy Lopez joined the pursuit, which deputies say lasted nearly four minutes when the vehicle collided with a parked car at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Suzie Street in Winton. Multiple people exited the crashed vehicle and began to run on foot as deputies followed, demanding the suspects stop. Deputies lost sight of one of the suspects, identified as 17-year-old Jonathan Daniel Diaz-Duarte, who had taken off into a neighboring apartment complex, carrying what officials believed to be an