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The incident
began around 11:15 a.m. on Christmas morning when police with
the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system noticed 27-year-old
Charles Goetting acting suspiciously in the Hayward BART station
parking lot, the agency said.
BART spokeswoman Denisse Gonzalez said officers saw Goetting
pushing the U-Haul truck and when they attempted to search him,
he pulled out a gun and shot one officer in the arm.
The two officers returned fire and wounded Goetting. Both
Goetting and the officer, who was not identified, were taken to
the hospital.
The officer had been treated and released by Friday night while
Goetting underwent surgery and was in stable condition, police
said.
Later, investigators discovered the remains of an unidentified
adult male inside the U-Haul truck.
The San Francisco Chronicle said Goetting was on probation for
burglary, firearm possession and dealing drugs. The newspaper
said authorities found a backpack with a ski mask and burglary
tools inside the U-Haul, which had a switched license plate, and
that the gun Goetting used had been stolen.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Sandra
Maler)
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