This photo released Wednesday, April 24, 2019, by the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety shows Isaiah Joel Peoples. Police in Northern California have identified the man arrested after he allegedly deliberately plowed into a group of people. The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety says 34-year-old Peoples, of Sunnyvale, Calif., was arrested Tuesday. (Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety via AP) AP
The man suspected of deliberately mowing down a group crossing a Sunnyvale intersection Tuesday attended Sacramento State University after a stint in the Army.
Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, of Sunnyvale faces eight charges of attempted murder in the collision, Sunnyvale police announced Wednesday. Peoples was behind the wheel when the car rammed into the group at El Camino Real and Sunnyvale Avenue about 6:40 p.m., Tuesday, before plowing into a tree near the entrance to a shopping center.
Seven in the group of eight were struck in the crosswalk by Peoples’ car as they crossed the intersection, police said Wednesday, including a 13-year-old now in critical condition.
In a recorded Facebook post, Sunnyvale police Chief Phan S. Ngo offered more details of the crash and said the violent collision was a deliberate act. He referred to a witness who said Peoples said “something […]
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