By Joe Nelson
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson introduced Monday that 10 felony expenses have been filed towards a person who allegedly shot and killed sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Nunez, together with particular circumstance allegations making him eligible for the loss of life penalty.
Angelo Jose Saldivar, 47, of San Bernardino was charged with one depend of first-degree homicide within the loss of life of Nunez and one depend of tried kidnapping of his ex-wife, Veronica Garcia Saldivar, final week in Rancho Cucamonga, in response to the prison criticism.
Saldivar is also charged with 4 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one depend every of discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, evading an officer with willful disregard, false imprisonment by violence, and battery on a partner or youngster’s mum or dad, in response to the criticism filed Monday.
The criticism additionally consists of the particular circumstance allegations that Saldivar killed a peace officer within the efficiency of his obligation and to flee lawful arrest and private and intentional discharge of a firearm.
During a news convention Monday, Nov. 3, within the Rancho Cucamonga Civic Center courtyard, Anderson famous it was the second time since March that he and Sheriff Shannon Dicus had gathered in the identical location asserting prison expenses referring to the deaths of deputies who died within the line of obligation.
In March, Anderson and Dicus hosted a news convention asserting homicide and auto theft expenses towards Ryan Dwayne Turner Jr. in reference to the loss of life of Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr., who was killed throughout a high-speed chase. Cuevas collided with one other car throughout the pursuit, struck a pole and was killed.
“The death of any law enforcement officer, even one, is far too many, but to have two in the span of eight months in our county is horrendous,” Anderson stated. He stated the help by the group, particularly to Nunez’s household, has been “tremendous.”
“It will be one of my missions, between now and when this case is final, to get this case pushed to trial,” Anderson stated. He later stated it was too quickly to find out whether or not his workplace will search the loss of life penalty towards Saldivar.
Dicus thanked Anderson and his workplace for “never wavering,” and stated submitting the prison criticism towards Saldivar on Monday “marked the first portion of the healing process” for Nunez’s household.
“I want all of you to know that our primary concern from this point forward is to assist the prosecution with our investigators and to make sure that that family is well taken care of,” stated Dicus, who additionally thanked the group of Rancho Cucamonga and metropolis officers, in addition to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors .
During its Tuesday, Nov. 4 assembly, the Board of Supervisors will take into account a suggestion to approve a $50,000 donation to the Sheriff’s Employee Assistance Team Inc., a nonprofit charitable group that gives providers to help the well-being of Sheriff’s Department workers and their households.
“What’s different about San Bernardino County is when something like this happens, we don’t stand separately as law enforcement, we stand together as a community, because all of us are traumatized when a public servant is killed,” Dicus stated.
Saldivar hopped on his motorbike and led deputies on a pursuit alongside the 210 Freeway, reaching speeds of greater than 150 mph, shortly after he allegedly fatally shot Nunez as he responded to a home disturbance name at a condominium advanced on Hollyhock Drive close to Victoria Gardens, simply after 12:30 p.m. Oct. 27.
At one level, the suspect was seen on TV footage holding what gave the impression to be a handgun and making an attempt to place it in a single hand whereas not holding the handlebars.
The pursuit ended close to the Campus Avenue exit of the eastbound 210 when an off-duty narcotics deputy used his automobile to intervene to nudge Saldivar on the motorbike, sending him toppling over the hood of the detective’s automobile.
Anderson’s workplace will conduct a parallel investigation with the Sheriff’s Department into the intervention by the unidentified deputy that put an finish to the pursuit and aided within the apprehension of Saldivar, who stays hospitalized.
A supply near the investigation who spoke on situation of anonymity stated Saldivar was making an attempt to drive his ex-wife right into a automobile at gunpoint exterior her condominium. Sheriff’s dispatchers fielded a number of calls from residents on the advanced reported yelling and screaming and pictures fired.
Veronica Garcia Saldivar, in response to the supply, was “hugging a tree” to forestall her ex-husband from pulling her into the automobile.
It was unclear whose automobile Angelo Saldivar was allegedly making an attempt to drive his ex-wife into, given he arrived at her residence on his motorbike, Anderson stated Monday. He declined to remark additional.
Court data present Saldivar and his spouse separated in September 2024 and that his spouse then filed for divorce, which was granted on July 30, 2025. The couple had been married for 18 years.
Angelo Saldivar’s brother-in-law, Jose Zaragoza, stated in a phone interview Monday that his sister and brother-in-law had been having issues for years, and not too long ago separated. He stated Angelo Saldivar had not too long ago misplaced his job as a blackjack vendor at Yaamava Casino, and that his sister is a correctional sergeant on the California Institution for Woman in Corona .
He stated he helped his sister transfer from San Bernardino to her new residence in Rancho Cucamonga in February, and her estranged husband helped within the transfer. Zaragoza stated he spoke to his sister a few days after the taking pictures, and stated she was shook up.
“She said she was sad, and that it was traumatic, and that her life has been upside down for a long time and she tried to fix the marriage,” Zaragoza stated, noting that the couple have three youngsters, together with a 17-year-old daughter who nonetheless resides along with her mom, and two grown youngsters who share an condominium in San Bernardino .
He stated he at all times believed his brother-in-law was a “good guy,” and by no means thought he was able to such violence.
“I’m thinking about my nieces and nephews. I feel bad for them. He was a pretty good dude, he was just going through a lot,” Zaragoza stated. “I never expected him to blow up like that.”
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