Crime & Safety
Fatal Danville Shooting: Officer's Trial Begins After 2018 Death
Deputy Andrew Hall killed Laudemer Arboleda of Newark on the heels of a brief, slow-speed pursuit through the streets of Danville.
DANVILLE, CA — The trial for Andrew Hall, a Danville police officer accused of manslaughter in the shooting death three years ago of Laudemer Arboleda, began Monday in Contra Costa County Superior Court.
Arboleda led police on a slow-speed chase through Danville on Nov. 3, 2018, after police repeatedly tried pulling him over, after residents called police reporting a suspicious person knocking on doors. The incident ended at the intersection of Diablo Road and Front Street, with two police units behind Arboleda's gray Honda Civic, and two in front, including Hall's.
Arboleda was trying to pull between two police cars, when Hall opened fire from the front driver's side of Arboleda's car, hitting the Newark man nine times.
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The trial began 10:30 a.m. Monday in Dept. 27 of Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez. Hall has pleaded not guilty.
Danville contracts for police services through the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. A sheriff's investigation after the 2018 incident cleared Hall of any wrongdoing.
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The district attorney's office announced it was pressing charges in the 2018 case after Hall was involved in a second shooting earlier this year.
On March 11, Hall responded to reports of a man throwing rocks onto Interstate Highway 680 from the Sycamore Valley Road overpass in Danville. Police have said the 32-year-old transient Tyrell Wilson approached Hall near the overpass with a folding knife and Hall shot him in self-defense. The shooting is still being investigated. The families of the deceased in both incidents said the men suffered from mental health issues.
When Hall was assigned to the Martinez Detention Facility in 2014, an inmate accused him in of ramming him face-first into a door while handcuffed and punching him several times in the face and side, causing the inmate to have his lip reattached. Hall was cleared of wrongdoing following an internal investigation.
— By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation; Patch Editor Courtney Teague contributed to this report
See also:
- Danville Deputy Charged With 2 Felonies In 2018 Fatal Shooting
- Danville Police Shooting Questioned By Experts: Report
- Danville Cop Who Shot Man In March Linked To Fatal 2018 Shooting
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