Date: 01/17/2016       3:15 AM
Location: 5900 Ayers Street
Offense: Murder
P.C. 19.02      First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1601170028
A disturbance between two male cousins outside of a trailer home at 5902 Ayers Street left one man dead and another in the hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Just before 3:15 AM, Corpus Christi Police responded to the Misty Winds Trailer Park for a shooting. When Officers arrived they found a 26 year old man dead in the driveway next to a trailer.

Witnesses at the scene told Officers that a 32 year old male, cousin to the victim, had shot him after an argument between the two. After the suspect shot the victim in the head, he fled in his 2016 Chevrolet Silverado truck.  A description of the truck was broadcast to all Officers.

At 3:35 AM, an Officer working in the downtown area, observed the truck near the intersection of Power and North Chaparral Street. He was able to confirm that the truck he saw was the one involved in the shooting on Ayers Street.  The Officer followed the truck onto the Harbor Bridge, then North Beach and onto the Nueces Bay Causeway on State Highway 181.   The Officer did not attempt to stop the truck, because he did not have any Officers near to back him up.

As the Officer continued to follow the truck into Portland, other law enforcement agencies were contacted to assist. The truck continued through Portland, and into Gregory before other Officers arrived. In Gregory, the truck turned onto State Highway 35 toward Aransas Pass.  While on State Highway 35 and with the assistance of other Officers, an attempt to stop the truck was made. As the truck approached County Road 91A it veered off the roadway and rolled into a field knocking down power lines.  When Officers made contact with the driver of the truck, it was determined he had apparently shot himself in the head.

The suspect was transported by San Patricio County EMS to Spohn Memorial Medical Center and is in critical condition.

The man who was shot by a 69 year old license to carry holder after a robbery attempt  in the 1300 block of Calle San Carlos on January 6 has been released from Spohn Memorial Hospital and booked into the City Detention Center.

Officers arrested Eric Orlando Grimaldo (03/23/1992) about 6:30 PM yesterday afternoon. He had been under police guard while being treated at the hospital for gunshot wounds.

The suspect is charged with aggravated robbery, a first degree felony and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a third degree felony

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Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016,    8:49 PM
Location: 1300 Calle San Carlos
Offense: Aggravated Assault (Penal Code Section 22.02)
Case #1601060148
A 69 year man shot and stopped an armed robbery suspect who approached him in the front yard of his home, located in the 1300 block of Calle San Carlos, just before 9 PM last night.

The investigation of the crime revealed that the man and a women arrived at their home and parked in their carport driveway. As they  both exited the car, a suspect, wearing a hoodie, approached the couple pointing a gun at the man. The suspect made demands for the victim to give up his wallet. The man, a firearms license to carry holder, fearing for his safety and the safety of the female with him, pulled out his handgun and shot the 23 year old robbery suspect.

The man then held the suspect down until police arrived. The suspect was then transported to Spohn Memorial Hospital by CCFD EMS.

Officers recovered two handguns from the crime scene.

The suspect is in the hospital under police guard and faces charges of aggravated robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is currently in stable condition.

No charges are expected to be filed against the man who shot the suspect.

DATE: December 29, 2015          11:05 AM
LOCATION: 4600 Everhart Road
OFFENSE: Bank Robbery
P.C.  29.02     Second Degree Felony
CASE NUMBER: 1512290046
Corpus Christi Police Detectives have released camera surveillance images of a suspect that they believe robbed the International Bank of Commerce, located at 4622 Everhart Road, on Tuesday morning.

A female bank teller told Officers that a black male between the ages of 30 and 35 years of age walked into the lobby and handed her a note that made threats and demanded money. The male suspect was wearing a dark jacket with a hood.  He also had sunglasses resting on his head.. At no time did the suspect display a weapon.

Images of the suspect were captured by a camera in the bank lobby as he stood at the counter.

At the time of the robbery, there were five employees in the bank and one customer. No one was injured.

The suspect in this case has not been identified and Detectives need your help in solving this crime. Anyone who recognizes this suspect or has information about this case should call the Corpus Christi Police Criminal Investigations Division at 886-2840. Anyone who would like to keep their identity secret and provide information to the Detectives should call Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or submit the tip online at http://www.888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.

Suspect as he stood at the counter.

Suspect as he stood at the counter.

Suspect as he stood at the counter.

Date: 12/15/2015       7:45 PM      **UPDATE**
Location: 6400 Weber Road
Offense: Aggravated Robbery
P.C.  29.03     First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1512150141
A man Corpus Christi Police were looking for in connection to a robbery, that occurred on December 15 at a store located at 6410 Weber Road, was identified by his mother after she saw media reports that Officers were looking for him.

The suspect was identified as the man seen in the video attempting to cover his face and robbing the store with a knife.  After seeing news reports of the robbery, his mother, called police on Friday and identified her son as the man Officers  were looking for.

Later that same day, the suspect, Johnny Joe Montoya (02/03/1975), came to the police department and turned himself in.

Johnny Joe Montoya (02/03/1975)