A gang member was arrested by Mesa Police Friday for kidnapping a 14 year old girl – but not before bullets started flying.

The suspect, 18 year old Antonio Yanez, shut himself inside his apartment as officers came to arrest him. He spit at five officers and threw a beer bottle at them from the window in an act of defiance. The audacious man clasped a knife and dared the officers to come at him, threatening their lives.

As a SWAT team forced their way in, an officer had to fire many shots inside the apartments, destroying household items and sending glass flying through the air. They finally apprehended him and found the victim lying on the floor. He was arrested for suspicion of kidnapping and a litany of assault-related crimes and taken to a local hospital, where he tried to bite a nurse and had to be restrained. He is now sobering up in a Maricopa County Jail.

The girl was reported to be in good health, and no one was injured by the hail of bullets.

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A suspect accused of being involved in a marijuana sale gone bad that resulted in the death of undercover Chandler police Detective Carlos Ledesma, has been released from the hospital and booked into jail. Christopher Paul Gonzales was arrested immediately after being released from hospital, on Friday.

Phoenix police say Gonzalez faces charges of suspicion of first-degree murder, possession of a weapon during a drug transaction and possession of marijuana for sale. Gonzales is the sixth suspect arrested.

A public viewing was held last Tuesday, to honor Detective Ledesma, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Killed in the line of duty, the undercover officer was laid to rest in the Chandler Valley of the Sun Cemetery. Thousands of Law Enforcement officers and civilians attended the events in honor Detective Ledesma.

See related story at East Valley Tribune and more information at the Chandler PD website.

Two other undercover officers were shot and injured during the transaction.

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