Occurred on 1/5/12, 01:12 a.m.   Discharging in Municipality/UCW  5800 S. Staples   1201050011 

A CCPD Patrol Lieutenant and Officer were standing in a parking lot on the 5800 block of S. Staples when a white Ford F-150 pick-up drove by.  When the truck passed by no further than 15 yards away from them, the officers heard a loud gunshot coming from the vehicle.  Since the truck was the only vehicle on the roadway, the Officers followed it and pulled it over several blocks away.

As soon as the officers pulled the truck over,  the driver Nicholas Roy Packard (01/20/81) blurted out that he was only defending himself and that he had been shot at first. Officers searched the pickup and discovered a loaded .40 caliber handgun behind the front seat.  The barrel of the weapon was still warm and officers discovered a spent .40 caliber shell casing in the bed of the pickup.  Packard who appeared intoxicated, was administered Standard Field Sobriety Tests and a Blood Draw was later performed at a local hospital.  Packard was arrested and charged with Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Discharging a Firearm in Certain Municipalities, and Driving While Intoxicated.

A  passenger in the truck,  Aaron Wayne Sanchez (07/17/82) was also arrested and charged with Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon.

No one was injured, nor any property damaged.