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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A gunman was killed by police after a Mardi Gras shooting spree injured three officers and a bystander and sent revelers scurrying for cover, police said.
Joel Perales, 22, of Clovis, started firing a gun Tuesday after officers tried to pull him over in Fresno's Tower District, a neighborhood of bars and restaurants crowded with Fat Tuesday partygoers, police said.
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said Wednesday Perales initially caught the attention of police because he was driving the wrong way down a one-way street. But he then led police on an extensive stop-and-go chase during which he would stop periodically to shoot at officers, he said.
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